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Nicconi became the thirteenth stakeswinner for his sire Bianconi when he won the Wellington Racing Club Stakes at Listed level this afternoon. Slowly away, Nicconi was allowed to find his balance by jockey Brad Rawiller before launching a strong finishing burst in the straight to win well. Second was Handsupfordetroit with Miss Scarlatti third. Rawiller had an explanation for his tardy start.
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Viking Legend gets Elvestroem away |
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The first-crop offspring by Elvstroem have been impressing mank good trainers with their prowess and the five-time Group 1 winner showed he can get horses with more precocity than himself following the victory of Viking Legend at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Away sharply and ridden across the field to lead, Viking Legend then had the class and courage to quicken up into the straight and open a winning advantage The Gai Waterhouse-trained coltshowed he would be a force in the $250,000 Inglis Premier (1200m) at Caulfield in two weeks when he refused to be beaten in the IGA Local Heroes Plate (1200m). |
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NICCONI A RISING STAR FOR BIANCONI Nicconi stamped himself a potential autumn carnival star with a scintillating first up win in the valleyevents.net.au Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley tonight. A winner and Group Three placegetter from his two runs in his initial campaign, Nicconi stood up as an early threat to the boom three-year-old Whobegotyou in the Group One Cadbury Guineas in March. |
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Rubiton added his 36th individual stakes winner when Flying Ruby (Rubiton-Parkhill's Flyer, by Brigand) scored a 1-length victory in the $120,000 Listed Swettenham Stud Bow Mistress Stakes (1200m) at Tattersall's Park on Saturday. Flying Ruby (passed-in for $57,000 as a yearling at the 2006 Magic Millions Adelaide Sale) now has 6 wins & 5 placings from 15 starts for $225,600 earnings. |
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North East has much to offer. |
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The Sangster name is synonomous with the thoroughbred industry.
It is with no sense of deja-vu that the current holder of the
Swettenham Stud tag is Adam Sangster, an unashamed
Englishman in Nagambie.
After the sadness and tumult of the loss of visionary father Robert,
Adam has been busy devoting himself to developing Swettenham
Stud in the North-East of Victoria. Indeed, the North-East is something
Sangster is passionate about. |
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Bianconi ticking along nicely |
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One of Victoria's best value stallions is enjoying a terrific run both here and overseas giving broodmare owners even more reasons to consider him this season. |
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