SEAWEED

eaweed was a daughter of Spearmint out of the Ayshire mare, Seadune. Seadune by Ayrshire was a full-sister to Downshire who was brought to Australia for stud duties. He tragically died young but not before he had left the very good galloper Amberdown who won five stakes races at Eagle Farm in Brisbane. He was a very versatile racehorse winning from 1000m to 2000m and being equally adept on the sand at the famed Albion Park racetrack. Remarkably, Amberdown won the G1 Stradbroke as a 2yo, one of six horses to achieve that feat, at only his fourth race start. He also won a 2yo race at “The Creek” carrying 63.5kg. Seaweed though was to become an excellent broodmare after