Mandurah blazes mile in world record time on turf

Mandurah is a full brother to Flashing, winner of last year's Test S. (G1),

Gazelle S. (G1) and Nassau County S. (G3). His third dam is Canadian champion

Kamar (Key to the Mint), who was honored as Broodmare of the Year in 1990.

Bred by Gainsborough Farm in Kentucky, Mandurah was originally trained by

Eoin Harty for Darley Stable. He created an impression in his career debut at

Gulfstream in January 2007, when overcoming a rough start to prevail by

three-quarters of a length. Mandurah was well beaten in his next two starts, but

rebounded when switching to Arlington Park's Polytrack to capture an

allowance/optional claimer by 5 1/2 front-running lengths. He failed to build on

that effort, however.

"We purchased him privately as a four-year-old and gelded him," Forster said.

"He always trained well in the morning, but didn't show up in the afternoon. But

over this winter we got him in some races and gained his confidence back."

Mandurah dropped quite some way down the claiming ladder before winning three

races at Oaklawn earlier this year. He has compiled a career mark of 21-6-2-0,

$124,717.

His connections plan to continue in the Malouf Auto Group Starter Series.

Next up is the 1 1/16-mile turf test on June 26. 

The Malouf Series boasts a point system of 80 for first, 50 for second, 30

for third, 20 for fourth and 10 for unplaced. Any horse running in three of the

four series races will receive 40 bonus points. At the end of the series, a

$5,000 first prize will be awarded to the trainer of the horse with the most

accumulated points.