Media Release: Sportsbet.com.au & Living Legends

Living Legends, the International Home of Rest for Champion Horses, is pleased to invite media and the public to a family day to welcome the two latest champions to the Living Legends family.

Eight-time Group 1 winner and people’s champ Apache Cat and Takeover Target, also an eight-time Group 1 winner and fan favourite, will meet their new stable mates including Might and Power, Doriemus, Better Loosen Up, Brew, Rogan Josh and Silent Witness for the first time.

The public will be able to get up close to the champions of the turf on a family day including photo opportunities, a sausage sizzle, face painting and kids activities.

What: Sportsbet.com.au Super Sunday at Living Legends.

Who: Apache Cat, Takeover Target and their trainers Greg Eurell and Joe Janiak.

When: Sunday, 7 March 2010.

Apache Cat and Takeover Target will be presented to the public at 11:30am. Living Legends is open from 10am – 4pm.

Where: Living Legends, Oaklands Rd Greenvale. Melway ref 177 79. From Melbourne, follow along the Tullamarine Freeway 1.5kms past the Melbourne Airport and turn right into Oaklands Rd.

Note: Sportsbet.com.au has pledged to sponsor Apache Cat’s retirement at Living Legends.

For more information please contact:

Dr Andrew Clarke

Living Legends Chief Executive

Ph: 0407 551 289

Or

Haydn Lane

Sportsbet.com.au PR Manager

Ph: 0423 354 667

Super sprinter Apache Cat, the handsome chestnut gelding that gained a cult-like status throughout his career, has been retired this week due to an injury he sustained whilst contending the Hong Kong Sprint last Sunday at Sha Tin racecourse.

X-rays taken yesterday, after the Greg Eurell-trained runner pulled up sore following his seventh behind Sacred Kingdom in the Sprint, revealed a fracture near his fore sesamoid bone that has proved to be career-ending.

Recognised for his striking baldy face and four white feet, Apache Cat will live out the rest of his days at the Legends Farm in Victoria.

Another of the Aussie contingent that ventured to Hong Kong last weekend, Scenic Blast, also suffered a shocking run in the Sprint. The reigning horse of the year bled and faced an instant three-month ban.

An eight time Group 1 winner, seven-year-old Apache Cat’s career record officially stands at 19 wins from 43 starts for an impressive $4 588 655 in prizemoney earned.

Throughout his glittering career that began in March 2005 with a debut win at Sandwon, Apache Cat also amassed a remarkable collection of Australian racing accolades including Australian Sprinter of the Year.