JORDAN SHARES IN JOYFUL BUY
JORDAN Edmonds was the major beneficiary of Darren Halpin’s Houtzen hesitation.
Jordan, a stable strapper and daughter of trainer Toby Edmonds, secured the other half of the share that Halpin decided to give up.
The 23-year-old always planned to be involved with the filly that her father had huge big wraps on but expected to hold about just 5 per cent as one of the last buyers.
She ended up with less than under 15 per cent and she couldn’t have been happier.
“It wasn’t so much that I
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wasn’t going to go into the horse, it was more so how much per cent of the horse I was going to own,” Jordan said.
“Running into her first trial (in December) she needed to be sold so that is how I ended up with the share I did.”
Jordan, the Edmonds Racing Stables office manager, has been buying into horses since she was 18 and said she appreciated Toby’s astute eye.
“I didn’t really expect to have that much of a share in her,” she said. “I’m glad I listened to my father.
“I’ve been roped into a few average ones but I will say the last two or three years he has put together quite a few good horses for me, so I’m very grateful.”
Jordan was pregnant with now seven-month-old daughter Savannah when she watched Houtzen win the $2 million Magic Millions on the Gold Coast in January.
Today they will watch the race together.
“Savannah is very alert and loves the horses,” Jordan said.