Great Memories’ brother sold for $150,000 as a yearling and made close to $700,000. Three years after he sold, the hammer fell on her for a mere $10,000.
Her breeder, hall of fame inductee Jim Bullock, recalls that there were issues in both her size and her conformation. Fast forward 17 years from her one-and-only charted line however, and she’s now the dam of multiple world champions. We found the man that probably knows her best, Warrawee Farms’ Duane Avery, and he tells us the story behind Standardbred racing’s newest Hall Of Fame Broodmare. By Rachel Oenema.