Rough Habit An Unlikely Champion is a tale that captures the essence of horse racing rdash; from dreaming to inspiration, to luck good and bad, to fortunes and reputations made. Itfsquo;s the story not just of an unexpected champion horse, but of those who took him to greatness.
Rough Habit is one in the long line of New Zealand-bred champions who have crossed the Tasman and become dominant figures in Australian racing tdash; think Rising Fast, Redcraze, Kiwi, Bonecrusher and Sunline. Like so many before him, Rough Habit came from humble beginnings, bred as little more than a hobby, via a free service, to an unfashionable imported sire, Rough Cast, from the unraced mare Certain Habit. The resultant coltrsquo;s stature suggested that the experiment was doomed to fail. His breeder, Isabell Roddick, said of Rough Habit, the foal: tdquo;He was...probably not the best looking, but I didnrsquo;t think he was as hideous as he
