March to Glory

March to Glory

Stabled: Whitebrook

Race type: Distance

Status: retired, Stud.

**Description:** Big well muscled dark grey dappled stallion with black mane and tail and strands of grey. He has soft curious brown eyes and stands at over 16 hands high.

Glory was first introduced in *Cindy's Run away colt* When Cindy saw the young horse in the neighboring farm being abused and mistreated during his training, she often trail rode out to see him on an exercise horse called Bo Jangles, She names him Glory. One night Cindy find's Glory loose in the woods on Whitebrook land and suspects he escaped his abusive owners. Cindy feeling sorry for the Colt rescued him and hid him in the barn. Samantha and Tor later found him when Cindy was riding in the back paddocks and fell off after he had a fright.

Ashleigh and Mike agreed to stable Glory at Whitebrook and try to identify the colt's owners and return him, they then later discover that the abusive people he had escaped from had stolen him from his real owners, they tried to trace his registration tattoo only to discover it had been tampered with by the Horse thieves and led to an unknown horse called Parkway Runner, but the blood types didn't match. As Whitebrook waited for the Jockey Club to find Glory's real owner, Cindy forged an unbreakable bond with the colt. When the Jockey Club got back to them on Glory's real owner they discovered his owner had died in a car accident and the stock at the owners farm was being put up for sale. Funnily enough it turned out Glory's name was March to Glory and he was the grand son of legendry race horse Just Victory.

Cindy doesn't want Glory to be sold and decides to prove to Whitebrook that they should by him, so with help from her best friend Heather Gilbert they condition and train the colt. Later when the Auction was getting closer in a desperate attempt to prove to Whitebrook that Glory was their next super horse, Cindy rode out onto the training oval despite her inexperience, after the work out almost ending in disaster Samantha jumped on and told Cindy she also believed the colt was something special, and rode him successfully around the oval. At the Auction Mike went on to outbid and international buyer to purchase Glory for twelve thousand dollars, he told Cindy it was a worthy investment.

   When Glory's training began officially to turn him into a racehorse they struggled to get him over his fears of the track and his past bad experiences. but with the help of Ben Cavell they overcame Glory's fears and he went on to win several stakes races and setting track records against his rival Flightful, however after he won an important race a Belmont he was tested positive for drugs (Procaine) and disqualified from the race, as Glory continued to race he tested positive for a stronger drug (Heroin). Cindy feeling worried for her horse spent the night with him in the stable before his next race with her best friend Max Smith, during the night Jim Trewell, Dr. Smith's vet apprentice, came in with an injection for Glory, Cindy and Max defended him away from Glory and the stable guards took the man away. Dr. Smith, Whitebrook's veterinarian identified the drug as Sodium pentobarbital which is commonly used to put horses down humanely. It was discovered later that Jim Trewell was the son of one of the Horse thieves that had been imprisoned for stealing Glory and had been working with Flightful's owner Joe Gallagher to remove Glory from racing so his own horse would excel.

Later Ashleigh took a break from being a Jockey as she was expecting a baby, after many unsuccessful jockey trials, the managed to find Felipe Aragon who was able to ride Glory to victory. Ashleigh eventually sold Clay Townsend a half interest in Glory to ensure that Wonder's Champion would be able to stay and be trained at Whitebrook, After princess's injuries and their previous interferences Ashleigh was desperate to keep the Colt at Whitebrook. After the worst had past for Glory and the Townsends instructed not to change his schedule, he was a hot contender for the Breeders Cup Classic which would be the biggest race in his career. But Cindy was worried that Samantha planned to race Shining in the Breeder's Cup Classic rather than the Distaff for fillies because Shining had beaten Colt's before. But to Cindy's relief Samantha made the last minute decision to run Shining in the Distaff because she felt that the Classic was Glory's race. Shining went on to win the Distaff at five lengths and Glory, after a spectacular run in the Classic won it by thirty lengths, set a world record and was named horse of the year. Samantha stated later she had no regrets entering Shining in the distaff and in the winner's circle both Glory and Shining posed for photos together. Glory went on to race in two more grade one stakes races but retired later due to a tendon injury and he was retired to stud at Whitebrook.

## Relatives

**Just Victory:** Grand sire

**Great Beyond:** Sire