Lovely start to career

5 January 2015

Black type-winning Danasinga mare One Love has made a bright start to her stud career. Her first foal by O’Reilly is Love Field, who has been successful in Australia, and a younger sister made a triumphant start to her career at Taupo last week.

Trained by Jason Bridgman for WS, Is This Love had several preparatory trials before scoring over 1400 metres. The three-year-old’s mother won seven races, including the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes at Riccarton.

It is a family that has been productive for WS and features Is This Love’s close relative Kildare (O’Reilly), who was the winner of the Gr 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy in Hong Kong. Also featured in the pedigree is the dual Group One Hong Kong Mile and Stewards’ Cup winner Glorious Days.

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5 December 2025

Seths WS-bred son salutes for a second time

Twilight racing at Royal Randwick on Friday evening saw the O’Shea and Charlton-trained four-year-old Cross Tasman, who saluted in Race 4 over 1250m in the colours of prominent owner Ron Finemore, who is also in the ownership of Super Seth’s Gr.1 Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker.