EQUINE WELFARE
BUILT TO LAST
With a long and impressive career and a determination to rival racing legends, Zipping had endurance and resilience. The 2010 Turnbull Stakes winner turned the ripe old age of 20 on 24 September 2021, celebrating in comfort and style at his home, Living Legends. It has been said that Lloyd’s Williams’ best-loved horse is no promising yearling, Melbourne Cup winner or celebrated sire, but a veteran named Zipping. “I love him, he’s just one of those special horses,” said Lloyd in the past. “He’s very brave and has been such a good horse for me ... he was the first horse to win the Australian Cup second-up from a spell.” Williams bought Zipping as a yearling for $200,000 specifically for the Danehill/Grand Lodge cross in his immediate pedigree. As far as Williams was concerned, this prized combination had the potential to produce a high-quality stayer. “His dam, Social Scene, was an imported Grand Lodge mare and I thought that to be an important aspect of his pedigree at the time,” he said. After beginning his career with a win at the Gold Coast on the last day of his two-year-old season, Zipping ran a promising third at Eagle Farm before spending a year on the sidelines He returned to work as a four-year-old and had six straight wins, including the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes on Melbourne Cup Day in 2005. He ran a game fourth in the 2006 Melbourne Cup – a race he would contest on four occasions, finishing fourth again in 2007 before an unlucky ninth in 2008 and a fourth in 2009. “People forget his Melbourne Cup record,” Williams said.
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