Harvey Norman boss Gerry Harvey had a day out at races on Easter Saturday, with two horses he owns winning at The Championships at Royal Randwick. <\/p>\n
The Evergreen Turf Country Championships was won by Chidiac, with jockey Zac Purton riding to victory in the $1 million, 1400m race for owner Harvey and trainers Brett and Georgie Cavanough. <\/p>\n
The day got even better for Harvey when Campione D\u2019Italia, trained by Chris Waller, saluted in the Inglis Sires 1400m Group 1 in another $1 million race. <\/p>\n
The 86-year-old dropped an F-bomb as he recalled how he bred the horse and sold the colt to the China Horse club and Newgate team for $500,000 at last year\u2019s Magic Millions sale.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said what was the name of the horse? I told him, \u2018Campione D\u2019Italia\u2019. He said, \u2018F***, that was the horse I was (intelligible)\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch Gerry Harvey\u2019s F-Bombs in the video above<\/p>\n
Channel 7 reporter Emma Freedman reacted in shock at the F-Bomb, replying \u201cOh god!\u201d before Harvey continued speaking. <\/p>\n
Freedman gently tapped Harvey on the shoulder and \u201cOK, you \u2026 so anyway\u201d before continuing to chat to victorious jockey James McDonald, who was carrying his young daughter. <\/p>\n
Harvey dropped another F-Bomb in a separate interview telling the story of how he kept a stake in Campione D\u2019Italia, the horse he bred. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe got passed in at the sales and I told Henry Field I want $600,000 and he said I\u2019ll give you $500,000 and I said get lost,\u201d Harvey recalled, mumbling an expletive. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end I took it and luckily I kept 20 per cent for myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the girls I\u2019ve had working with me for 20 years said, \u2018Can I have 10 per cent?\u2019. \u201cShe\u2019s never had a horse in her life, right. And she\u2019s ended up with Campione D\u2019Italia, champion of Italy. How he\u2019s Campione de Randwick, champion of Randwick.\u201d<\/p>\n
McDonald, the most successful Group 1 jockey in Australian racing history, said: \u201cHe\u2019s a sensational horse.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been a work in progress and Mr Harvey told me, make sure I keep my hands down, don\u2019t want the horse throwing his head.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s beautifully bred and is a horse with a real future, I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll run the 1600 metres right out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see him put it together today, we\u2019ve always had a big opinion of him. Chris and the team have done such a good job to keep him improving with each start.\u201d<\/p>\n