Easter showed potential as a polo horse.

Born from a former winner at the top level of Australian horse racing, the grey-coated mare was bred for performance.

Then, at 4 years old, the thoroughbred's life and sporting career were cut short after she developed a fatal episode of colic.

But her death was not the end. Easter's owner John Farren-Price turned to technology to preserve her genetics for a future resurrection. Loading...

"We looked overseas, looked at the technology and came to the realisation that it was certainly doable … to clone a horse in Australia," he said.

In 2017, Mr Farren-Price decided to start his own horse cloning operation from the ground up.

His company, Catalina Equine, has now cloned more than 80 horses at its 80-hectare property on the banks of the Haw

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