Motu Gatecrasher tops $250,000 mark

When the Changeover gelding Motu Gatecrasher outsprinted his rivals at Menangle on Saturday night (January), he sent his stake earnings to beyond $250,000 and became his sire’s sith richest performer.

The gelding clocked 1:51.5 for the mile – a new lifetime mark.

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Changeover was represented by winners in three different countries last week.

Promising four-year-old The Mustang posted his 13^th success from 36 starts with a career-best 1:55.2 winning effort at Bathurst, while Dragontown won for the eighth time at Mildura.

Changeover produced two winners on the grass at Blenheim, New Zealand in Jazelle and Givemewhatineed as well as the 1:57.1 Invercargill victor Deus Ex.

In North America, Changeover’s winners included Sudden Change NZ (1:52.6), Risk NZ (1:53) and Glenferrie Bronte NZ (1:55.2).

Changeover, the former champion Kiwi pacer, stands at Burwood Stud in Queensland’s rich Darling Downs.

By Peter Wharton