The gelding had 82 starts for 12 wins, including winning the Group 2 QTC Cup (now known as the Moreton Cup) before contesting the 2006 Stradbroke Handicap.ĭespite the temptation of building a long-term partnership with her father, McCall opted to expand her horizons and pick the brains of leading South East Queensland stables. The chestnut filly was Grand Shower, who turned out to be a sensational purchase for the McCall family-a metropolitan winner and one of the few horses they opted to retain as a broodmare.ĭespite being “mongrel-bred”, Grand Shower saved her best work for the breeding barn, producing nine foals to race for nine winners, including Group 2 winner Messiaen. “I picked this little chestnut filly who we paid $1000 for.” When I was about 10 I had two ponies die within a month of each other, so when we went to these sales where he said ‘pick one out and if it is cheap I will buy it for you’. I started out with him, obviously, and he was a good horseman with some good success,” McCall said. McCall takes pride in her hands-on approach to training that has been so effective with her boutique stable.ĭriven by her immense passion for the animal, McCall has enjoyed a profound tutelage from a young age. The Sunshine Coast trainer only has a small team in work, but that is just the way she likes it. The daughter of successful trainer Ray McCall, Natalie McCall, has always been surrounded by thoroughbreds-and she can’t picture that changing anytime soon. For Natalie McCall, there was no possible career choice other than working with horses.
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