In this week’s Rowe On Monday, Tim Rowe catches up with David Chester after his latest recruiting drive for Magic Millions, ponders whether a Preakness winner could end up shuttling, looks at Satomi Oka’s latest success in Japan, and reveals plans for a well-bred and in-form mare.
Chester chalks up frequent flyer points
It’s an itinerary that would make a 20-something backpacker shudder.
Even if David Chester’s accommodation was a little more salubrious than a backpackers’ hostel, visiting nine countries in less than four weeks is arduous at best.
All auction houses have representatives who rack up the frequent flyer points canvassing buyers, new and old, but Chester has been doing it longer than anyone else in the game.
Chester, in his tour of Asia promoting the upcoming Magic Millions National Sale, loves his regular trips to the continent as much as ever, describing it as the best one he’s ever had.
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