BUSSTOPINHOUNSLOW is a colt by New Predator (AUS), out of the Silvano (GER) mare Penny Serenade. Purchased by the Hollywood Syndicate at the BSA August Two Year Old Sale 2023, he was bred by Suikerbosview Stud.
Name: BUSSTOPINHOUSLOW
Name Meaning: The name refers to a song sung by the Brentford fans, “We’re just a bus stop in Hounslow.” The main reason behind the chant is to wind up their local rivals in west London. But it has a greater meaning.
Local rivals Queens Park Rangers fans mocked Brentford a few years back after a win and chanted ‘you’re just a bus stop in Hounslow!’ Hounslow is a part of west London which you mostly pass through to get to Heathrow Airport in the western suburbs. Brentford’s fans then flipped that chant on its head and embraced their status as a small industrial town which 1) has a bus stop and 2) is in the Borough of Hounslow. The song is factually correct but it is about so much more than that. For decades Brentford have been one of London’s smallest professional teams but this season they have overtaken all of their rivals and this self-deprecating chant sums up the spirit of the rise.
Sex: Chestnut Colt
Sire: New Predator (AUS)
Dam: Penny Serenade
Damsire: Silvano (GER)
DOB: 28 November 2021
Breeder: Suikerbosview Stud
Pedigree: See Here
Trainer: Grant Maroun
Record: 1-0-0
UPDATES – Busstopinhounslow
April 13th, 2024
Raced over 1160m at Turffontein on the Standside track. Finished 7th out of 7 runners.
Anthony Delpech post-race comment: He needed the run badly. He will improve a lot for the run.
August 26th, 2023
The Hollywood Syndicate purchased Song Contest who is a New Predator chestnut colt out of the dam Penny Serenade (by Silvano) at the BSA August Two Year Old Sale 2023 (Lot 5). He is bred by Suikerbosview Stud.