Meet Lady River! Her stats are now 3 starts for a win and 2 x thirds, plus winning 2 of her 3 trials. Lady River was deemed ‘unsaleable’ by both Magic Millions Agents, Inglis Agents and many ‘professionals in the industry’ when she was a yearling... “you wouldn’t get $1,000 for her”was often the comment. Keeping in mind, she is offset in the knees with significant miss alignment through the fetlock and knees...normally a big ‘no no’…So we are Gundy Park kept her! Matty Bates of Bates Equestrian did a sensational job breaking her in and pre training her, he took his time and nurtured her through the process, always being cautious not to put too much pressure on her joints too early. Lady River, now affectionately known as ‘Poppy’ is a big girl, standing 16.3hh with solid chest and hindquarters. We did conditioning programs with her before pretraining and during longer spells to maintain a level of fitness, strength and most importantly, a solid foundation ensuring good bone d...