Mick & David Easterby: Racing Syndicates and Racehorse Ownership








Vellco's Boy

Vellco's Boy (GB)

SirePiccolo
DamCherrycombe-Row
DOB 2017
Sex gelding
Colour grey
Country
 GB
Height 16.2½ hh
Owner
Laura Mason Syndicate
Breeder
Hungerford Park Stud
S/name 'Pickles'
Flat
45257/

A magnificent grey gelding, Vellco's Boy came to the yard as a yearling, being purchased for £45,000 from Goffs Sales at Doncaster. He is from a fabulous family, being a half-brother to three winners including St Trinians who is a Graded winner in the USA.

We knew him as 'Pickles' and he raced five times, his best performance coming at Hamilton Park in June 2021 when he was runner up in the six furlong 'hamilton-park.co.uk Novice Stakes'. However, he did not have the speed to win a race and was rehomed out of racing in October 2023.


Links
• Watch Pickles race at Hamilton Park



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23Oct23
Pickles rehomed out of racing





VELLCO'S BOY

grey gelding

24 Mar 17 		Piccolo Warning Known Fact
Slightly Dangerous
Woodwind Whistling Wind
Garden Green
Cherrycombe-Row Classic Cliche Salse
Pato
Key in the Ring Pyjama Hunt
Bundling



Inbreeding
Derring-Do (GB): 5D X 5D
Dosage
Dosage Profile: 1 0 5 0 0
Dosage Index: 1.40
Center of Distribution: +0.33


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PICCOLO (GB), Bay horse, 1991, by Warning, out of Woodwind (FR), by Whistling Wind. Won 4 races, value £269,203, at 2 to 4, from 5 furlongs to 6 furlongs, Keeneland Nunthorpe Stakes, York, Gr.1, King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, Chipchase Stakes, Newcastle, L, also placed second in Haydock Park Sprint Cup, Haydock Park, Gr.1, July Cup, Newmarket, Gr.1, Mehl-Mulhens Rennen, Koln, Gr.2, Phoenix Sprint Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.3, and third in Benazet-Rennen, Baden-Baden, Gr.3. Retired to Stud in 1996.