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SireLand Grant (Imp) 2,1.56.8,3,1.56.2 $1,164,000. 328 winners (63 - 2.00). inc Westburn Grant 1.55.6 $2,074,000.                                           

                                                      HIKE ALONG  (Deceased )                   

                                                                                                                                                     

                                                      

     Outstanding 2 Year Old Juvenile Filly and "Broodmare Gem" 2,1.59.9 (15 x wins - 14 @ 2 Y.O. and 19 places.) $67,539. Only raced as 2 Year Old and very early 3 Year Old, including a Heat Bathurst 2 Y.O. Gold Tiara, Heat Queensland S.B.A Breeders Classic and 3rd in the Final, Heat and Final Redcliffe Breeders Crown. 2nd in 2 ears Queensland Triad. An outstanding Juvenile and an even more outstanding Juvenile "Broodmare Gem" (6 in 2.00) 3 x $100,000 Winners, Dam of 7 to race for 7 Winners for 6 in the Australian 2 Year Old Gold Finals.  2006 Hike Along due to Presidential Ball (Imp) was bitten by a snake and died 11 days before foaling in Victoria. Sister to 11 Winners including, Walk The Walk 1.56.8 ($109,000) Hay Sharon 3,1.58.3 (Dam of Dancer Rainbow 3,1.9.8 $53,000 and Artistic Rainbow 2,1.59.4; 3.58.2 $90,423. Academy Award 2,2.01.7; 3,2.00.3 $61,000, Our Araluen Miss 2,2.04.3; 3,2.00.5 $40,000, My Pacific Rainbow 3,2.3.7 2.00 $24,000.

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*Gold Rainbow   2,2.00.5 3,1.59.8 - $115,000 (Golden Greek (Imp) (8 wins & 10 Places, 2 x 2 Year Old, 6 x 3 Year Old, 3 @ Moonee Valley, Harold Park, from a very limited opportunity. Winner of the Victorian 3 Y.O. Edgar Tatlow Stakes, Heat of the Australian 2 Y.O Gold & 2nd in the $250,000 Final  to Lombo Rapida. 2 x Heats Vic - Bred Sires Sakes. 3rd in the Semi - Final of the Vic - bred Sires Stakes. 3rd in Heat & Semi - Final of the 3 Y.O. Vic - Bred Sires Stakes. Died as a Juvenile.

*Sky Rainbow 2,2.01.9 3,1.58.2 - $113,000 (Fake Left (Imp) (10 wins x 2 Y.O. & 3 Y.O & 12 Places) 1 x Harold Park, 1 x Moonee Valley inc, Repechage 2 Y.O. Australian Gold, 2nd in a Heat & Final of the Australian 2 Y.O. $250,000 Pacing Gold to Lombo La Fe Fe, Heat 2 Year Old & 3 Year Old Australian Breeders Crown, 3rd Semi - Australian Breeders Crown, Won the Bray Cup, 2nd in Heat Tatlow Memorial, 3 Year Old Moonee Valley & 2nd in South Australian Oaks, 4th West Australian Oaks.

*Starry Rainbow   2,2.00.5 4; 1.58.2. $84,200 (Fake Left (Imp) (11 Wins inc Moonee Valley & 19 Places) 3 x 2 Year Old Wins & 2 places from 9 starts. 2004 Australian 2 Year Old Pacing Gold Heat Winner - Heat 3 Y.O. Vic - Bred 5th in the Australian 2 Year Old Pacing Gold $300,000 Final, Vic - bred Sires. 2 x 3 Year Old wins in Vic - bred Heat winner & 2nd in the Semi - Final, 3rd Repechage Australian Breeders Crown, 2nd in a Heat of the of the Australian Breeders Crown, Prelude of Victorian Oaks, 3rd in the Australian 3 Year Old Pacing Gold $150,000 Final, Heat of New South Wales Oaks.

*Fantasy Rainbow - Raced as a 2 Y.O. in the Australian 2 Y.O. Pacing Gold later 2nd in 2.01 (Fake Left (Imp) Retired from racing due to Pregnancy to Artsplace (USA) - Colt "Rainbow Art" sold for $32,000 - 2011.

*My Lady Rainbow  (What's Next (Imp) Dam of Pans Illusion 2;2.02.4. 3,2.01.5; 1.58.6 (Wrath of Pan (Imp) (11 Wins & 19 Places) $59,000 and Cats and Dogs 3,2.05.3 (Artesian (Imp) (4 x Wins) & 5 Places) $20,000.

*King Rainbow   2,2.01.3 3, 2.00.4 1.58.7  $188,000. (What's Next (Imp) (50 wins & 90 Places) 2 x 2 Year Old, 9 x 3 Year Old, 5 x Moonee Valley, 6 x Albion Park, Geelong 2 Y.O. Juvenile Classic, 2nd in a Heat Australian 2 Y.O. Australian Pacing Gold,  Heat & Semi - Final Victorian 3 Year Old Vic - Bred Sires Stakes, 2nd Victorian HRC 3 Year Old Cup, Heat Victorian Derby, Heat 4 Year Old Victorian Sires Stakes,  Australian 2 Year Old Gold Finalist  Racing and Winning each year @ 14 years of age in 1.58.

*Lord Rainbow  3,2.04.3; 1.57.6 - $56,000 (What's Next (Imp) (23 wins & 41 Places) 3 x 3 Year Old Wins  Australian 2 Year Old Gold Finalist. 4 x Albion Park

*Saintly Rainbow  2,2.01.6; 2.01.4  $32,500. (Albert Albert (Imp) (5 Wins & 5 Places) 1 x Moonee Valley, 3rd in a Heat of 2 Y.O. Australian Pacing Gold, Won Repechage Australian 2 Year Old Pacing Gold & Finalist. Deceased as a 4 Year Old.

*Rainbow Stride 3;2.02.9;1.55 - $125,000 (14 Wins - 6 @ Menangle 8 at Albion Park and 14 Places) (Fake Left (Imp) $85,000 Sale Topper of the 2006 Australian Gold Sale and 2nd in Australasian 3 Year Old race record time of 1.53.8 beaten 11 metres.

DAM:  ABLE SHARON, which See, (Dam of 11 Winners) - (Able Bye Bye (Imp)

                     

                                                                          

 Situated on the western bank of the Hunter River, midway between Muswellbrook and Denman the doorway to the Heart of Australia's "Horse Capital" in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales., Australia.  

                                                                                   John & Sue Markham  

                                              RAINBOW FARMS  603 Roxburgh Road., Muswellbrook., 2333.

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