STONE THE KROES, THAT HAS TO HURT
ONE person has been living a nightmare while Houtzen’s owners have been sharing in a dream.
Trainer Toby Edmonds was having trouble finding people to buy the final shares available for Houtzen after he bought the horse as a yearling in January last year.
Edmonds held an open day for potential buyers and a Gold Coaster bought a 5 per cent share in the filly that was yet to be named.
The man held his share until later that year when “Houtzen” was mistakenly submitted as her name.
The filly was meant to be called Doutzen, after sexy Dutch model Doutzen Kroes but auto-correct changed the spelling to Houtzen when Edmonds’ son Trent sent him a text message with the details.
Although no one in the syndicate will talk about it, the racetrack grapevine suggests the man objected to the intended link to a Victoria’s Secret lingerie model and opted out.
Edmonds, who by now had seen the filly gallop, decided he would pick up the share.
Houtzen has gone on to win $1,559,600 in prizemoney and could add a further $5.8 million today if she claims first prize in The Everest.