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Queen’s Plate: Pyrite Mountain is big hope for Sean Hall

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Queen’s Plate: Pyrite Mountain is big hope for Sean Hall

Sean Hall is a former horse breeder from Toronto. He now lives in Barbados and is also a singer.

Sean Hall had a serious accident in 2009. He broke a shoulder and cracked vertebrae in his neck and had to be fused together. The accident forced him to leave thoroughbred racing and he moved to Barbados. Pyrite Mountain has been a success since 2012. Hall's song "Pyrite mountain" is being played on regular rotation in Barbado. He is the son of a famous cricketer and a former trainer. His father is Wes Hall, who is now minister of tourism in the island. It is his dream to become a songwriter. For each victory and placing in a stakes race, Hall receives a breeders' award from the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society.

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