he popular stayer of the mid-1980’s was another racehorse that traced back to a mare by Faux Tirage. This time it was a daughter called Punihau who was from a rather moderate line of the famed number 2 family of Bruce Lowe that traced back to mares including the famed Eulogy. In this case, the direct female line of Kensei had not produced a stakes winner since a horse called Eton by Castor out of the Musket mare, Lady Walmsley had won the Auckland Racing Club’s Railway Handicap over six furlongs (1200m) in 1897. Kensei by the imported American horse, Blarney Kiss was purchase by one of the first great racehorse syndicators in Australia in Harry Lawton for $15000. The horse was sold into six shares
