With Stradbroke winner Black Piranha now likely to go for a spell before tackling big spring races, Ortensia and Absolut Glam may front up again in the final Grp 1 race of the season, the Winter Stakes. Trainer Danny O'Brien has specially aimed Absolut Glam, last year's winner, for the Winter Stakes. She won on the back of a bold 4th in last year's Stradbroke. Tony Noonan, trainer of Ortensia, says he will assess how sherecovers from a tough run in the Stradbroke. If she does start in the Winter
With Stradbroke winner Black Piranha now likely to go for a spell before tackling big spring races, Ortensia and Absolut Glam may front up again in the final Grp 1 race of the season, the Winter Stakes. Trainer Danny O'Brien has specially aimed Absolut Glam, last year's winner, for the Winter Stakes. She won on the back of a bold 4th in last year's Stradbroke. Tony Noonan, trainer of Ortensia, says he will assess how sherecovers from a tough run in the Stradbroke. If she does start in the Winter Stakes it's likely she will be the favorite.
How on earth did Linky Dink $60.40 manage to win the TJ Smith at Eagle Farm? Three career runs, beaten into 7th, 9th and 10th, and then she scores a huge win in Grp 1 class?Jockey Peter Robl says: 'We'd always had an opinion of her and her last run was a bit disappointing, but in saying that she got a long way off them and probably made up about six or seven lengths so the run wasn't as bad as it looked on paper...We were confident that if she raced up to her work prior to coming to Brisbane she could win.' So there you are.