2013: five-year-old season Brown Panther



brown panther in september 2014.


brown panther did not begin fourth season until 23 june when won pontefract castle stakes second year in succession, beating souviens toi 3 , half lengths main sequence in fourth place. on next appearance moved in class , distance goodwood cup on 2 miles on 1 august , made 13/2 third favourite behind mount athos , john gosden-trained caucus. other runners included colour vision (winner of 2012 ascot gold cup), altano (later win prix du cadran), saddler s rock (winner of race in 2012) , cavalryman (grand prix de paris, dubai gold cup). brown panther tracked leaders before forcing way through pack take lead 2 furlongs out. accelerated clear of rivals , won 3 , half length ahzeemah altano taking third. owen commented there lot of heritage in race , s fabulous race win. s full of stamina before suggesting melbourne cup future target. dascombe said haven t done should have done him now. think horse helping because s maturing. ve taken our time , tried pick races year. ve tried him spot-on each day , seems working bit better was. plan, target. ll move on if s right after .


brown panther brought in class , distance listed foundation stakes on ten furlongs @ goodwood in september, , led of way before being outpaced in closing stages , finishing fifth behind favourite grandeur. on final appearance of year sent australia melbourne cup in carried 121 pounds , started @ odds of 19/1 in field of 24 runners. raced prominently until straight faded in closing stages , finished eighth behind fiorente. sustained nasty gash leg in race , missed projected runs in japan cup , hong kong vase.








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