Duke has been a great race horse for us here at Bandora, a horse with a huge heart he always surprised us and never let us down.
For example this day at Port Arlington he won in the last stride after running down Strike it Six in an awesome race. Duke could always find a little more when the jockey pulled the stick! Good ride Lenny!
The above photo is Duke's Maiden race at Gympie in Queensland, he placed 2nd, what a awesome effort to travel all the way back to Springton SA, to then go back to Mt Isa in the following week with great close friends of ours Leanne and Corey Starkey from Allendale North SA to run in the 1st Mailman Express and get 2nd with a great time of 10.893 seconds. Corey rode him excellent in the Mailman Express after all he knew Duke well from having rode him quiet a few times in the past. Even in a last minute decision at a rodeo one day he rode Duke in the mens feature barrel race with all his bull fighting gear on including footy boots and had the fastest time.
Originaly he was only ever Lisa's barrel horse, which we tried as a race horse turned out he was more of a natural at the being a race horse, but has since retired back to barrel racing in hope that he may now enjoy barrel racing as much as he enjoyed racing. This is Duke at the Dartmoor Bull Ride walking into the arena and below competing in the barrel race.