Big River Wins Juvenile Race
- Sunday, 06 September 2009 08:45
A colt by General Nediym has won the first two-year-old race of the Australasian season with Big River claiming victory at Wanganui.
Big River was slow out of the barrier in Saturday's 800 metre race but quickly gathered speed to win by three-quarters of a length.
"He won real easy," jockey James McDonald said.
"He's a really nice horse going places."
A $150,000 purchase at the New Zealand National Yearling Sale, Big River is trained by Mark Walker.
Melbourne Cup winning trainer Laurie Laxon, now based in Singapore, is a shareholder in the colt.
A dual Group One winner sprinter, General Nediym was euthanased in January this year after suffering a severe bout of colic.
His daughter Regimental Gal emulated her sire's 1998 win in the Lightning Stakes when she won the race in 2004.
