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Takeover Target and Joel Rosario after winning the 2012 Dixie Stakes (by Eric Kalet)
Takeover Target wins the 2012 Grade II Dixie Stakes (by Eric Kalet)
Sad news came yesterday. Champion sprinter Takeover Target from Australia was put to sleep after suffering a broken leg in a paddock accident.
Takeover Target, purchased for just A$1,250 by his then taxi-driving trainer, Joe Janiak, went on to become an international sprint superstar with victories in his native Australia, Singapore, Japan and Great Britain.
He retired in 2009 with a record of 41: 21-6-4 and earnings of A$6,028,311. Nine years ago, almost to the date, he won the King’s Stand Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting.
Joe Janiak told racing.com: “He must have been trying to get up and his foot went from underneath him ... I'd say that the break was where the screws were and there was a bit of wear and tear and I think that it just came apart ... Thankfully he's had six years of a good life in the paddock. He made a lot of people very happy, he made a lot of people rich and sent a few bookmakers broke!”
Rest In Peace, sweet boy. 27 September 1999 - 20 June 2015
Photo: Sportpix.com.au Takeover Target and Joe Janiak at Royal Ascot, June 2006
Certainly make for an interesting Billion $ Acquisition
