Rich Forever 19/1/2007

Rich Forever

We trust you all snapped up the $3.10 on Rich Forever at Geelong today (Thursday)?Not as if you didn’t get the ‘oil’ …Rich Forever set the alarm bells ringing on debut when he ran a great second behind fellow Bel Esprit 2YO – Beau Esprit – at Werribee on New Year’s Eve.Trainer Tony Vasil declared then that he had an above average young’un in his midst and, while none of us are going to be rich forever on $3.10, it’s better than bank interest.Rich Forever showed ‘em a clean quartet of hoofs at Geelong, sprinting away effortlessly to notch up a comfortable victory over Apple Crumble.The third winner from seven runners for first crop sire Bel Esprit, one of Australia’s favourite racehorses in the past decade and now firmly ensconced at Eliza Park, Victoria.But while Rich Forever may have snuck under the radar, the Bel Esprit's certainly haven’t. Bel Esprit’s 2nd crop of yearlings went under the hammer on the Gold Coast last week, selling up to $145,000 and finding all the right ‘homes’. Indeed three are destined for the all-conquering Freedman stable (trainer of Beau Esprit).