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Lähettäjä: White colt
Päivämäärä: 30.5.26 18:38:30
Tristan Sjöberg kertoo tässä haastattelussa Nebbiolosta:
"Among Captain Corey’s first crop of 2-year-olds, you bred and own the white colt Nebbiolo. Tell us something about him.
“As you know my mother has always been drawn to white horses. We had looked far and wide to try and find a white horse for her with no luck. We had even gone to Russia to find one among the Orlovs. None there as well. There were grays who might eventually turn white. There were even fewer albinos. But we couldn’t find a genetically white horse. Finally, we became aware of a white colt by the name of White Bliss who was foaled in the U.S.; a pacer no less. My mom didn’t care. She wanted to own it. We bought it at Harrisburg for $240,000. The mare’s previous three foals had averaged $25,000. I suppose the underbidder also wanted a white horse. We still own White Bliss and he has produced a white offspring. At best, he was just a nice pacer. Mom didn’t give up on her dream of owning a white trotter though. We became aware of this white filly in Italy. Her name is Via Lattea. Of course, we had to buy her for mom. She turned out to be just a fair trotter in Sweden, but she blossomed under Åke’s tutelage in America and she won the Bobby Weiss series at Pocono. Sadly, she suffered a career ending injury shortly afterwards. We first bred her to Six Pack a couple of times. Then when Captain Corey went to stud, we sent her to him. Lo and behold, she gave mom the white colt she had been seeking. We named him Nebbiolo, which references his Italian background and is also the name of an Italian wine grape famous from the Piedmont area of Italy. We raced him lightly this year, because philosophically, we, Åke, and Sarah believe that is best for a 2-year-old. He raced pretty well taking a record of 1.55.3f and earning just shy of a $100,000. We feel we have a lot to look forward to in 2026.”
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