Experience accounts for youth

5 December 2013

Veteran Telecom Top Star upstaged his younger rivals at Happy Valley last night for the fourth win of his career. The WS graduate has now won three times in Hong Kong after breaking his maiden as a three-year-old in New Zealand where he raced as Tele Combo.

The son of O’Reilly was an $80,000 yearling at Karaka and is out of the Centaine mare Corsica. She is a half-sister to the stakes winner River Chant (Danasinga) and a three-quarter sister to the dam of the dual Australian black type winner Marquardt.

Corsica was unraced but she has been a good producer and Telecom Top Star’s younger sister Hera promises to continue to add to the family record. In a brief career for trainer Roger James she was won three races, including the Listed Great Northern Foal Stakes, and finished runner-up in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial.

Teamwork and good people – the story of Posy and her foal

Swift teamwork and expert care turned a challenging day into a memorable one as Posy, the dam of Atishu and Mazzolino, survived a difficult foaling. Thanks to Matamata Vet Services’ emergency Caesarean, both Posy and her filly foal are safe, marking her first live foal in three years.

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Nolen confirmed for Everest on Wishy

Luke Nolen has been confirmed to partner I Wish I Win, a son of Savabeel, in the A$20 million The Everest at Royal Randwick.