FURPHY REFRESHING ALE PARIS LANE STAKES
BY ANDREW LEMON
T he racehorse Paris Lane, foaled in 1990, is one of the oldest retirees based at Living Legends at Woodlands, Tullamarine, home of former turf champions. His name there is Percy. He deserved his place at Living Legends after a career where he recorded 7 major wins and 14 placings in 28 starts. He was trained by Lee Freedman who cryptically remarked that ‘he had his legs put on backwards’. As a racehorse, those legs did not stop him. In the year 1994 Paris Lane enjoyed his greatest successes and his most tantalising near-misses. At three years he won the Queensland Guineas before finishing second in the Queensland Derby, Hollindale Stakes and Doomben Cup. Turning four, he ran second in the VRC Turnbull Stakes and the Caulfield Stakes before brilliantly winning the Caulfield Cup in track record time, followed by the Mackinnon Stakes. He next finished a courageous second to Jeune in the 1994 Melbourne Cup. Paris Lane retired from racing in 1996. Another link to Flemington is that ‘Percy’ was bred by the late W.R. (Bill) Mackinnon, a former VRC committeeman, and was raced by the William Street Syndicate managed by former VRC Chairman, the late Andrew Ramsden.
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