Brisbane, August 29 – Classy Magic Albert sprinter Albert the Fat was awarded the prize for Best Older Queensland trained horse at the annual Queensland Racing Awards Night in Brisbane on Saturday.
Trained by Eden Petrie until being recently transferred to Paul Messara, Albert the Fat has raced 22 times and notched ten wins and four minor placings earning $564,525 in prizemoney.
The quality six -year-old gelding was purchased for just $40,000 as a yearling from the draft of Rheinwood Pastoral at the 2006 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Albert the Fat is from Alemar, a twice winning daughter of Bureaucracy, and a full sister to the good stakes-placed performer Mastery.
She has been a regular visitor to Magic Albert since Albert the Fat showed his hand and has a two year-old colt by him that was sold by Rheinwood for $100,000 at Magic Millions earlier this year and another yearling colt.
Not surprisingly, she went back to him again last spring so has another sibling in the pipeline.
