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stages — show horses, flat runners. Now we’re where we’re going to stay, with the steeplechase horses,” Collette said.
Flower Bow next gave foal to Pageland’s first steeplechase horse, J^elantha. Named for yet another type of fish, her appelation followed the Pageland tradition of going through the alphabet for the first letter in each name.
“She actually was our first jumper,” Collette explained. “We made every mistake known to mankind with our first ’chaser!
“Melantha was retired early due to tendon trouble a few years ago,” she continued. “She’s got two foals — a two-year-old by Spicy Story and a yearling by Raconteur. Now, she’s a nine-yearold, and we’ve put her back in training. She was delighted to come out of maternity leave.”
Collette said that homebred Lefroy was her first big winner. Out of Bill’s Try Jet, Lefroy is by Vast Empire — a half-brother to Raja Baba and Sauce Boat.
Lefroy provided Collette with her most exciting hurdle victory as a five-year-old in 1988.
“He won in a dead heat at Morven Park,” said Collette. Dennis Brown, father of the Collette’s current jockey Gus was in the irons for that win. “It really makes it all feel connected.” Gus Brown steered Collette’s Silent Spiral to win the very same race in’92.
Silent Spiral, bred by leading ’chase trainer Jonathan Sheppard,
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