RICHARD McCormick, the veterinary surgeon from Dunboyne, Co Meath, called his old friend Ken Coogan to drop in and have his photograph taken with a yearling filly Richard had just imported from the USA. The filly traces back to Balidaress, who Richard bought and trained to win in 1976 before she went on to become one of the world’s most influential broodmares.
Balidaress was out of Innocence, a filly Richard bought and trained for Charlie Haughey. Ken Coogan finished second on Innocence in a 1970 Tralee nursery.
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