Jacquinot Bay

Our family is so blessed to have Jacquinot Bay spending his retirement with us in Strathbogie. He is the OG La La Land of Lindsay Park and he set the bar pretty high for all of his younger brothers and sisters. He had 82 starts of which he won 15 and placed in 20. Winning over $1,000,000 in prize money for the Woods family. Just like his little brother Gentleman Roy, Jacq was a front runner and ultra consistent running in the top three in 42% of his starts. Jacq retired sound and well at the ripe old age of 11. 

The only thing that stopped him was his age, and if it was up to Jacq he’d still be in work now. It’s not uncommon to see him fanging it around his paddock at home and loving it. He likes to keep himself fit and ready just in case the call comes in that it’s time to go back into work.

Since retiring, Jacq has spent most of his time chilling in his paddock with a menagerie of animals as his mates.

He did compete in the first instalment of Jump Off where Tracey Johnson (of Lindsay Park) took Jacq on and in three months took him from an off the track thoroughbred to jumping 90cm. I believe if we had more time up our sleeve Jacq could have been quite competitive and I was so proud of how far he got and the amazing work that Tracey did with him.

I am a novice rider but whenever I feel the urge to chuck a saddle on him, Jacq is the perfect gentleman. Although he can be an A-grade weirdo on the ground and requires payment in carrots every time he is caught, he is absolute magic when under saddle. To be able to pull him out of the paddock after six months and just jump on knowing he is going to look after me, makes Jacq a one in a million horse in my eyes. 

I count my lucky stars that I own a horse like him, my Quirky King.