Mark down Andrew Campbell as a top judge. Congratulations to him for identifying Werther as a coming topliner before he'd won his first race. Photo / File
Mark down Andrew Campbell as a top judge. Congratulations to him for identifying Werther as a coming topliner before he'd won his first race. Photo / File
Congratulations to him for identifying Werther as a coming topliner before he'd won his first race.
The judgment turned into pure gold when Werther won Sunday night's QEII Cup at Sha Tin by an astonishing four and a half lengths.
It's notthat Werther was a superstar-looking horse from day one, but it's a case of handsome is as handsome does.
Not that most of the Tavistocks are all glamour in the looks department, they are tradesmen and women with good bones, but light enough to sprint better than most when the pressure goes on in staying races.
As a young horse Werther was less impressive looking than most of the Tavistocks, but Campbell wasn't put off.
"There was something about him when you saw him in a paddock with other horses," said Campbell in the Ellerslie birdcage after a win before Werther went to Australia and was then on-sold to Hong Kong.
If Werther improves from this point he will be a world sensation.
