The outpouring of tears and hugs and handshakes might have been conveying a message but for now, nobody’s commenting.
When six-year-old beauty Infinite Patience strutted into the $100,000 Ballerina Stakes winner’s circle at Hastings Racecourse on Saturday, October 7, it was her 13th consecutive victory in stakes competition.
“Before the race we were on pins and needles,” breeder and part-owner Bill DeCoursey would say later. “Would it be a Lucky 13 stakes win in a row or would fate get us on our 13th try?”