Horses First Racing
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Our two year olds Jung and Hanta Yo are set to make their racecourse debuts in quick succession this week. The young colts both hold entries in the Median Auction Maidens at Lingfield on Friday and Wolverhampton on Saturday over five and six furlongs respectively. It is most likely that Hanta Yo (pictured below on the left with the white face) will head to Lingfield over the shorter trip. The son of Alhaarth, out of an Indian Ridge mare, has taken a while to mature but has come on significantly following a couple of racecourse gallops at Kempton and we expect that improvement to continue when he has his first run under his belt. He is named after one of my favourite books that is sadly out of print. Hanta Yo means 'clear the way' in Lakotah and the book tells the story of the Lakotah Indians. The book took the author Ruth Beebe Hill 20 years to write and if you ever come across a copy I highly recommend it.
Jung is a nicely-developed colt by Stroll, a stallion who is enjoying a lot of success with his first crop of two year olds. We would like to thank the Jungian Society for allowing us to use the name of one of the great minds of the last century. Our colt caught Jeremy
