Australia’s ‘worst racehorse’ retires
He may non live the world’s best racehorse, but Aussie thoroughbred Vote For Lust is everyone’s mate too a existent cool bloke.
Vote For Lust – or Lusty every bit he’s known at domicile – is retiring afterward failing to larn domicile inwards front end inwards ninety starts. He has been dubbed Australia’s worst racehorse – the polar contrary of unbeaten mare Black Caviar.
Even three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss could non coax a victory out of Lusty, though he said the Equus caballus “showed hope for almost 100 meters earlier tailing off”.
Despite his lack of success, he’s a pop figure, too fifty-fifty has his ain Twitter describe of piece of employment concern human relationship too Facebook page amongst to a greater extent than than 770 fans.
Owned too trained by John Castleman at Mildura, the 12-year-old boy of Voting too Lust For Spring is existence retired brusque of getting to 100 starts because of a hoof abscess. He volition convey a alter of measurement amongst Castleman’s 14-year-old granddaughter.
Castleman told CNN: “He’s simply really, actually bad. He simply doesn’t become fast.”
Lusty had 10 placings, too earned $22,032, plenty to pay the bills too proceed hopes alive. He finished in conclusion past times nearly xiii lengths inwards his end race.
Glen Boss rode Lusty inwards his 87th start, amongst the Equus caballus sponsored past times the betting fellowship Betfair.
He told CNN: “He likes the outing but he’s sociable too simply wants to remain inwards the pack amongst his mates. If he could convey a beer too a steak sandwich, I see he would.”
Castleman said Lusty was useful to convey to a greater extent than or less the identify every bit he had a calming influence on the other horses. “He’s simply a bloody adept bloke,” he said.
Vote For Lusts’s one-half brother, named He’s Not My Brother, had his race debut inwards early on September, finishing last.
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