Herbie's Coining It With Icepin (January 19 2010)

The spin of a coin went against WS in a deal struck for promising juvenile Icepin but Mark Chittick isn't counting the cost. The promising last-start Ellerslie winner is raced by prominent owner and racing administrator Herbie Dyke, who secured the youngster after the son of Pins had failed to meet his reserve at Karaka last year.

"Herbie asked me how much I wanted for him and I said $50,000 - he said I'll give you $40,000 and I said no so we tossed for it," Chittick said. "I lost and it cost us 10 grand but Herbie's been a good client so good luck to him."

Icepin secured his place in the Karaka Million with victory in last Saturday's lead-up event and successfully followed the same path of another WS-bred and sold runner to carry the Dyke colours. Raid, also by Pins, won the prelude before finishing third in the Karaka Million and further went on to earn a Gr 1 credit when runner-up in the Ford Diamond Stakes.