The Horse of Your Life

He was one of the best trotters the world has seen and went on to become an even better stallion before he died too soon. The story of Ready Cash is a fascinating tale of coincidences, but most of all the story of one of the most legendary trotters ever.

Ready Cash was born May 20, 2005 at breeder Pierre Tebirent’s farm Haras De La Fresniere in La Chapelle-Rainsouin in the Mayenne department of France. However, the story starts much earlier. Originally from Paris, Tebirent did not grow up with horses and became familiar with them while on holiday trips in Normandy. He bought his first trotter, Corail de Lakmee, when he was 19, but sold the horse relatively soon as it was, in his own words, “not particularly talented.” That was clearly an understatement since Corail de Lakmee did not earn a single franc – and instead he bought Dalila L, a relatively good filly trained by Ali Hawas. A few years later Tebirent came into contact with young trainer Philippe Allaire and they developed a lasting friendship. When Tebirent, in the early 1980s, was ready to buy a broodmare, his eyes fell on Ocre et Verte. Allaire, who owned her, had already negotiated a sale with another buyer and instead sold Tebirent her sister Nera for a low price. Using the breeder name “d’Or” for the first years, the first horse Tebirent bred was Regle d’Or by Duc de Vrie out of Nera. This was a good horse who earned just over 70,000 euros in the 80s. The mare Nera would later figure prominently in Ready Cash’s early life, but more on that later.

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