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STRAWBERRY ROAD

trawberry Road was perhaps Australia’s first true International Ambassador of the modern era, competing in six countries in a remarkable career. He was an unfashionable colt who not only became the first Australian horse to win Group 1 races in three countries, but also a successful stallion in the US upon retirement. He was the pinnacle of the hobby bred horse, with his breeder Jim Pantos purchasing his dam as a weanling. When Giftisa showed little on the racetrack, she was sent to a relatively unknown first season stallion in

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