QUICKER
Quicker is Kingsmoor World’s highest-rated horse in India with a rating of 64.
He has run 17 times, won four races and been placed four times, and has a particular liking for Mumbai Mahalaxmi Racecourse.
Quicker, who is by stallion Speaking Of Which, has a penchant for sprinting and has done all of his winning over five and six furlongs.
The four-year-old may well have the stamina to stretch out to seven furlongs in time, particularly when he gets a fast surface – his favourite type.
The four-year-old is an extremely sound, good looking, exciting prospect who in on an upward trajectory
Age
4 Years
Sire
Speaking Of Which
Dam
Quaker Ridge
Rating
64
Sex
Colt
Location
Pune
Race Record (Last 5 Runs)
FAMILY TREE OF
QUICKER
QUICKER
Pune
Father
Name: Speaking Of Which
Dam: Invincible Spirit
Speaking Of Which is one of Usha Stud's flagbearers. Speaking Of Which has sired many Indian Classic winners, from Guineas winners to Derby winners.
MOTHER
Name: Quaker Ridge
Dam: Mr Prospector
Trainer of
QUICKER
Malesh Narredu
Malesh Narredu initially made his name as a jockey.
Starting at just 17 after he graduated from the famed jockey school of the Royal Western India Turf Club in 1985, he soon made a mark by riding 14 victories and scooped the Champion Apprentice Title – the first of three titles.
Narredu moved up through the ranks and was so good that he becomes champion jockey soon after – an accolade he won a further nine times.
Much like the best sportsmen, once Narredu had conquered the sport in his country he looked towards the horizon and beyond.
He rode in Japan. He tried Singapore. He went to Ireland, Malaysia and was asked by Sheikh Mishal to ride in Qatar. He even was invited to the famed Shergar Cup in Britain and took on the best riders in the world.
Overall, Narredu won over 1,600 races, with 41 wins at Group 1 level, 53 Classics and an astonishing 11 Derbies. For any American readers out there, he also struck in the Indian Triple Crown.
Times waits for nobody, as the saying goes, and Narredu hung up his boots at the age of 43 in 2010 and, unlike most former jockeys, Narredu was a natural trainer took up conditioning horses just a year after his retirement from the saddle.
His crowning achievement as a trainer, however, was when he joined a rare group of former jockeys who have struck in India’s biggest horse race.
Narredu’s handling of the brilliant horse Enabler in 2024 was first class but with his son Yash in the saddle to be the first father-son team to win the Derby this success must have been extra special.
