Weekend Hussler, Light Fantastic and Co. Rivetting stuff coming up at Caulfield. But still giving pleasure in remote corners of Australia, my ‘Bushies Honour Roll’ for this weekend:
Call A Friend (7g Zabeel-Call A Queen) 24: 1-8-1, $29,200. Gooree-bred ex-Waterhouse half-brother to Call Me Henry, in race 2, Collarenebri, NSW.
Freedom Tower (7g Peintre Celebre-Burst) $300,000 yearling, dam won a Golden Slipper, 28:4-5-1, $41,208, in race 3 at Leonora, WA, and if he goes well in that he might line up in race 6 too.
Let’s Bat (4g Encosta de Lago-Clowning) $175,000 yearling, half brother to Chuckle, 9: 0-3-1, $6,550, gracing the track in race 3 at Betoota, Queensland.
Nehemiah (6g Fusaichi Pegasus-Trouble Woman), Gooree-bred ex-Freedman trainee, one-time dual Sandown winner, 26: 6-0-3, $70,000, in race 2 at Surat, Queensland.
Optic Fit (9g Snippets-Century Pike) $220,000 yearling, one of 13 foals (only 3 city winners) of multiple SW, 49: 2-3-2, $24,172, in race 4 at Alice Springs, NT, on Sunday.
Winning Express (7g Deputy Governor-Domino) $120,000 yearling, dam won the NZ and AJC Oaks and produced dual G1 winner Hero, 33: 3-3-8, $21,635, in race 4 at Surat in Queensland.
And the daddy of them all:
King Sapphire (11g Silver Magnum-Queen Sapphire) the pride and joy of Frank Dichiera of Mullumbimby: race 2 at Lismore on Sunday will be his 67th start. He has finished third, once, on 2 July 2005. His total career earnings are $400. He has finished last, officially, 42 times. Some people think this is funny but it is actually a blight on racing which clearly isn’t interested in standards.
P.S. Back in January, I commented on a NZ trotting mare by the name of Invasion Of Privacy who that week was having her 148th start with a record of 1-2-3 and $10,313. Wonder what happened to this now 14-year-old?
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Do you see where poor old old King Sapphire is trained at?? Mullumbimby.... he must not do well on the grass up there or maybe to well@#%?*!
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