A couple of years back at a Sydney yearling sale Andrew Parramore decided to take a punt, forking out $5500 to buy a son of Power Of Destiny.
The former jockey-turned Grafton trainer’s decision has come up trumps.
The now three-year-old colt named Power Receiver lines up at Ballina on Tuesday chasing a third successive win in the Ballina Bears CC Country Plate (1000m).
Parramore credits Paul Murray, the son of champion south-coast trainer Bede Murray, as being instrumental in the purchase.
“I liked the look of him. He was a nice little horse,” Parramore said.
“I was a bit gun-shy, my confidence was down a little after I bought another horse, syndicated it, and it had niggling problems and never turned out as we expected.
“I was just kicking off my training career and its always good to listen to advice, especially from people like the Murrays.
“I said to Paul `what do you think’ and he agreed he was a nice horse and worth a gamble.
“Actually, Paul and myself broke him in.”
Power Receiver showed early promise recording two placings in his initial preparations.
Parramore was always confident he would develop further and this preparation has vindicated his opinion.
First-up from a 133-day spell, Parramore fancied the galloper in an 1100m maiden at Grafton on September 29.
Alas, Power Receiver finished runner-up to Bymonashee after being well supported.
He was naturally disappointed but little did he know at the time the Bill Pholi-trained four-year-old was well above average, winning impressively at his next two starts.
Power Receiver then scored a dominant 2-1/2 length maiden win at Ballina over 1010m on October 18 and backed-up, leading throughout again, to score a length win in a 1000m Class 1 at Port Macquarie on November 4.
Parramore believes Power Receiver’s new-found form has come with natural maturity.
“He grew a tad and thickened up since last preparation but mostly he’s learned what racing is all about and improved through natural maturity,” Parramore said.
“I still believe he’s six months away from being a real racehorse.”
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