{"id":3569,"date":"2013-05-01T10:46:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:57:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T00:57:49","slug":"and-the-general-salutes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"And The General Salutes Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nick Hall Lands a Double<\/p><\/div>\n

Nick Hall witnessed General Truce\u2019s turn of foot first hand aboard That\u2019s The One at Flemington a fortnight ago. Likely winner That\u2019s The One had to settle for second place when General Truce flashed home in the closing stages to win.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday Nick Hall was booked to ride General Truce in the Group 3 D C McKay Stakes over 1,100 metres at Morphettville. Nick\u2019s greatest concern was the 58.5kg impost for the small gelding. After listening to instructions from Ricky Maund, Nick announced his intentions to win in the last stride. The statement had a double reference. It related to General Truce\u2019s recent racing pattern and his last start win, but also to Nick Hall\u2019s ride earlier in the day aboard Calcatta where he won in the last stride and by the barest of margins over Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm bred Zellindi in the Listed Dequetteville Stakes for 2yos.<\/p>\n

Wide and next to last at the turn it was apparent that General Truce was going to\u00a0need every bit of\u00a0his turn of foot to be any chance. The General delivered.\u00a0Swamping the thirteen horse field General Truce flashed home to\u00a0win the race 0.3 lengths clear of Karacatis – just as Nick Hall had predicted.<\/p>\n

The win took the Brief Truce gelding\u2019s prize money earnings beyond $700,000. It was his eighth win and second at Group 3 level – his first beyond 1,000m. \u201cGeneral Truce has really come on since his Flemington win. His trackwork last Tuesday was perhaps his best ever,\u201d said trainer Ricky Maund after the race. \u201cMany have said he won\u2019t get 1,200, but he is more mature now and settles in running. On his current form he deserves a crack at The Goodwood\u201d.<\/p>\n

General Truce, from General Nediym mare General\u00a0Resolve was bred\u00a0by Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm.<\/p>\n

Race 8 Replay : Morphettville 27 April 2013 D C McKay Stakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nick Hall witnessed General Truce\u2019s turn of foot first hand aboard That\u2019s The One at Flemington a fortnight ago. Likely winner That\u2019s The One had to settle for second place when General Truce flashed home in the closing stages to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breeding","category-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3575,"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions\/3575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}