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WALLACE MORE SUCCESSFUL DAUGHTERS

We have already touched on some of the great daughters of Wallace at stud. Even then we have missed some absolute champions that trace back to a daughter of the legendary stallion. Braw Lassie by Wallace was responsible for a horse called Bengalla Lad who was a Qld favourite in the early 1970’s. Bengalla Lad won six stakes races in Brisbane including two editions of the Hopeful Stakes and the short lived Doomben Dollars as a 2yo, and later the Doomben 10,000 in 1972 while still a 3yo. He won a total of 16 races from his 60 starts which also included wins in the QTC Toorak and Ascot Handicaps and two BTC Newmarkets. He is best remembered for his epic battles with Charlton Boy with the pair being placed in the same race an incredible 14 times.

Class was a daughter of Wallace who was sent to NZ where she had great success producing three stakes winners in Bon Ton (New Zealand St Leger, Great Autumn Handicap, Hawkes Bay Guineas), Eligible (New Zealand St

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