Winton trainer Trevor Proctor is keen to keep the specially named Tact Fergie in his stable following his impressive debut win at Ascot Park yesterday. Tact Hayley is named after Dynes’ niece, Hayley McLeod, and Tact Fergie is named after her son, Fergie. Butt has been keen to get his hands on the talented Tact Fergie, but the horse’s link to the McLeod family means Proctor is having a hard time letting the horse go. When Proctor was preparing Tact Fergie for the races alongside Tact Tama, he rated the former as potentially better than his close relation, who has already won in a sensational 1.51.0 mile rate at Menangle. - Thunder, rain, hail and sleet were not enough to stop Afterburner from showing off his firepower at Ascot Park yesterday.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 23, 2020 16:30 UTC