Hall of Fame stayer Castletown diesRACE IMAGES Champion stayer Castletown has died. One of New Zealand's finest stayers of modern times Castletown has died, age 31. Trained by Paddy Busuttin, he won 16 of his 103 races, among them six at Group I level and most famously three Wellington Cups at Trentham. He was Dad's pin-up horse and the horse that gave me the racing bug, following him around in the big races." As well as adding two more Wellington Cups, Castletown won the Group I Auckland Cup (3200m) and the Group I Caulfield Stakes (2000m) at elite level and placed in the Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand Cups.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2017 01:41 UTC