KOSCIUSZKO WAR-HORSE FAR TOO EASY IS RETIRED

By Graham Potter | Monday, January 20, 2025

It was a day that trainer David McColm knew would be coming sooner rather than later, but the decision to retire the stable star Far Too Easy was still an emotional one.

Seldom has a horse run the gauntlet of adversity to the degree that has tested Far Too Easy and seldom has a horse maintained an impressive above average level of consistency through it all to be able to end his career with nine wins and six minor placings from twenty-nine starts … and a final prize-money earnings total of $2 413 925.

From being in danger of being swept away when flood water inundated the McColm stables at Murwillumbah at the end of February 2022, with McColm fearing for his horse’s lives (he had to monitor what was happening in the stables from a boat) … to suffering a host of various physical setbacks … most notably in April 2024 when Far Too Easy was diagnosed with acute colitis (a bug in the colon) which needed intensive care for Far Too Easy to pull through, an experience which had McColm fearing the worst early on it that process … you could say that McColm and Far Too Easy have see it all.

Far Too Easy is a true-blue fighter. Tough mentally and seemingly showing a focussed determination to defeat all of the obstacle thrown at him, Far Too Easy became a fixture in the lineup of $2 million The Kosciuszko, a race for which his name will forever be associated.

The son of All Too Hard finished second in the 2022 running of the Kosciuszko. He ran third in the 2023 edition of the event (Front Page won both of those races) and then, in 2024, came the crowning moment of his career when he won the $2 million Kosciusko, this time beating Front Page back into second place to put a result on the board that could not have been more well deserved.

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