Sunday Knight Produces a Gem!
23 June 2008
3yo Sunday Knight Gelding, Knight’s Gem (Sunday Knight / Radja’s Gem) earned his maiden stripes on the weekend with a nice win over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
After a shaky start in his career when he ran into the barrier due to an equipment malfunction, Knight’s Gem went on to place successfully in two Barrier Trials.
Greg Kennedy, trainer of Knight’s Gem and based at Caloundra’s Corbould Park, has had a long association with this family as he also trained Radja’s Gem (who won 4 races herself) into his first provincial win.
While Knight’s Gem is just about ready for a spell, Greg has indicated that he has no special plans for the gelding at this stage, however. he will continue him on through his classes.
Sunday Knight certainly is the quiet achiever with another of his progeny, True Dozen (Sunday Knight / Truly Brave) flying the flag in NSW for her first start with a 3rd place at Lismore in a maiden over 1100m on Saturday.