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Exciting Times Ahead
23rd Nov 2011
Racing And Sports - Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Promising Excites gelding Greenedge will be aimed at better races after his first class debut win at Ballarat on Sunday for Hawkes Racing.
"He was a pretty good sort," Wayne Hawkes said.
"He was my pick at the Classic Sale and I would have paid for him if I had to.
"He's probably not as good looking as Excites - I remember him very clearly as a yearling and he was a pretty special looking horse.
"Greenedge is in the same mould - he's a big, strong horse with a good rein.
'He was a pretty nice horse and that's why we paid what we paid for him.'
Greenedge's dam South Terrace is a sister to the stakeswinner mare Red Labelle, who is proving to be a tremendous producer having foaled two stakeswinners so far in Strawberry Field and Pellizotti.
Greenedge is raced by Gerry Ryan, a part owner of Melbourne Cup winner Americain.
"Greenedge was outstanding at the Classic Sale and was highly sought after," Vinery's Conor Phelan recalled.
"it's no small feat for a horse to win on debut and the way that Greenedge did would suggest that he is city class. He is in the right stable to reach to his full potential."
