COO-EE FROM GILGANDRA
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:56 pm
COO-EE FROM GILGANDRA ... Maureen Clifford © The Scribbly Bark Poet 05/11
Pearls in the Mist the mother and the sire was Red Dog’s Gold.
She was born out near Gilgandra, after dark.
They named the filly Coo-ee Rosepink Pearl so I was told.
Foaled near Dubbo out at Warrumbungle Park.
She was a pretty filly, coloured red like desert sands
with a mane and tail as gold as wheaten chaff.
She was flighty, she was flirty and she stood at sixteen hands
with long legs that would have suited a giraffe.
Her stride? Well it was lengthy and she just ate up the track
at old Gilgandra where they trained her every day.
She was beautiful to watch, and she was beautiful to own
and they hoped to take her to the Cup soiree.
City folks said ‘a long shot’, but her bloodlines told the tale
of a lineage that carried the best genes.
Yes, the coast road they would travel leading into Melbourne town
and they hoped that she’d become a racecourse Queen.
She might just be the twelfth mare to be named amongst the stars
Makybe Diva - she had won it twice,
but mares were in the ‘also rans ‘ on most Melbourne Cup Days,
so to see her name up there would raise her price.
Her grandmother, New Zealand born and bred, a chestnut too
won the Cup by a short head in eighty eight.
Empire Rose led a packed field round the turn and Natski who
tried hard to catch her , lost it in the straight.
So on Cup day keep your eyes peeled for Coo-ee Rosepink Pearl
this equine female liberator, this Lysandra.
For a greater turn of speed she might on that day unfurl,
then all will know of Coo-ee from Gilgandra.
Footnote - Empire Rose was a huge mare who stood at 17.1 hands high and just barely fitted into the barrier stalls at Melbourne. She won by a nose from Natski in 1988. In the photo finish shots you can see Natski's rump was actually ahead of hers, highlighting her large size.
Male horses are 9 times more likely to win than females but the only horse to win the cup 3 times was a mare Makybe Diva in 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Pearls in the Mist the mother and the sire was Red Dog’s Gold.
She was born out near Gilgandra, after dark.
They named the filly Coo-ee Rosepink Pearl so I was told.
Foaled near Dubbo out at Warrumbungle Park.
She was a pretty filly, coloured red like desert sands
with a mane and tail as gold as wheaten chaff.
She was flighty, she was flirty and she stood at sixteen hands
with long legs that would have suited a giraffe.
Her stride? Well it was lengthy and she just ate up the track
at old Gilgandra where they trained her every day.
She was beautiful to watch, and she was beautiful to own
and they hoped to take her to the Cup soiree.
City folks said ‘a long shot’, but her bloodlines told the tale
of a lineage that carried the best genes.
Yes, the coast road they would travel leading into Melbourne town
and they hoped that she’d become a racecourse Queen.
She might just be the twelfth mare to be named amongst the stars
Makybe Diva - she had won it twice,
but mares were in the ‘also rans ‘ on most Melbourne Cup Days,
so to see her name up there would raise her price.
Her grandmother, New Zealand born and bred, a chestnut too
won the Cup by a short head in eighty eight.
Empire Rose led a packed field round the turn and Natski who
tried hard to catch her , lost it in the straight.
So on Cup day keep your eyes peeled for Coo-ee Rosepink Pearl
this equine female liberator, this Lysandra.
For a greater turn of speed she might on that day unfurl,
then all will know of Coo-ee from Gilgandra.
Footnote - Empire Rose was a huge mare who stood at 17.1 hands high and just barely fitted into the barrier stalls at Melbourne. She won by a nose from Natski in 1988. In the photo finish shots you can see Natski's rump was actually ahead of hers, highlighting her large size.
Male horses are 9 times more likely to win than females but the only horse to win the cup 3 times was a mare Makybe Diva in 2003, 2004, and 2005.
