Nat McCall Racing

Boutique Group 1 winning racing stable based on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland 🏆🥂🍾🐴🌴

22/08/2026

Amazing 🩵🩵

On October 27, 2019, a little grey foal was facing immediate peril after his mother ROSES FOR DEB died during birth.

By some miraculous intervention, a nearby mare named SHIGERU SENDAN gave birth to another c**t by the same stallion, MERCHANT NAVY, within a 24-hour window of ROSES FOR DEB passing.

Thanks to the swift action of the team at Fernrigg Farm, the little grey foal, affectionately named ‘RONNIE’, was introduced to SHIGERU SENDAN and the foster mother accepted him as one of her own, raising both c**ts to become successful racehorses, known as NAVAL TRADER (Ronnie) and PIRAEUS.

Last year at the races in Brisbane, we were able to reunite the brothers for the first time in 5 years and safe to say they recognised each other!

We reflect on this remarkable story as we have retired NAVAL TRADER from racing. He has been placed in the expert care of one of his former track riders Bec Young!

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