Production Team • August 17, 2012
Gary McNeil's homebred three-year-old gelding High End Man (Joey Franco) was a convincing winner of the $50,000 Richmond Derby Trial Friday night at Hastings. Sent off at odds of even money, the winner, trained by Pete Gregory and ridden by Amadeo Perez, took the lead entering the stretch and drew off to win by 5 ¼ lengths. The final time was 1:42.88 for the 8.5 furlongs and the winner returned a modest $4.10.

Current leading 3rd crop sire in Canada, the son of Smart Strike, COUNTERFORCE is on the move. COUNTERFORCE who stood in 2024 at Stride Away Thoroughbreds (Steen and Cathy Reggelsen) in Armstrong, BC will be relocating to Empire Equestrian in Ardrossan, AB. For breeding information contact Lori Neyka 780-719-0400 or [email protected] .