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Dinkum Diamond began
a big day for leading owner-breeder Harry Perks with an easy victory in the
Adelaide Galvanising Hcp (1000m) at Morphettville on Saturday.
The Keep The Faith filly claimed the first-leg of winning double for Perks and
trainers Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas. She coasted home first-up
after winning the G3 The Jansz in May.
Connections were on Cloud 9 later in the day when Southern Speed produced a
whirlwind finish to win the LR Penny Edition Stakes.
She is on course to
defend her Caulfield Cup crown in October and more accolades followed on
Saturday night when she was named South Australia's 2011-12 Racehorse of the
Year.
Dinkum Diamond ([pictured Jenny Barnes) (3f Keep The Faith – Raja Lane by Devaraja) will join her
stablemate on the road to target the G1 Thousand Guineas during the Caulfield
Cup carnival.
"It's exciting to have her back and she's improved further
since The Jansz preparation," Gluyas said. "She did have a bit of an
impost first-up so we decided to claim 3kg with Jamie Kah."
Her dam Raja Lane was a stakes winner at Cheltenham and Caulfield and Perks
bought her for $60,000 at the 2009 Inglis Great Southern Sale when she was
carrying Dinkum Diamond.
Greta West Stud sire Keep The Faith is on a roll with a dozen individual
winners in Australia so far in August.
Bel Esprit (16) heads Victorian
based stallions in the winners category this season followed by Elvstroem (13),
Keep The Faith (12) and Dash For Cash (11).
Keep The Faith (Sunday Silence) will stand for a $4,400 (inc gst) service fee
at Greta West Stud in 2012.
News from Greta West Stud
Class: Restricted 75. Track: Slow. Time: 1:00.29. Sectional Time: 0:35.76 at 600m. Prizemoney: $40,000 - 1st: $25,000 2nd: $7,250 3rd: $3,250. |
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| 1 | 1. Dinkum Diamond | L Macdonald & A Gluyas | Jamie Kah (5) |
$2.38
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56.0 |
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3f Keep The Faith
x Raja Lane
(Devaraja (NZ)
) Not Offered |
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| 2 | 2.5 | 4. Nullarbor Nymph | R R Jolly | P Gatt (3) |
$6
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54.0 |
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3f Danerich
x Lady Elsie
(Rainbows For Life (CAN)
) Lot 582; 2011 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Ses 2; Vendor - Rangal Park Stud, Euroa; Buyer - R Jolly $24,000 |
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| 3 | 0.8 | 8. Meadows Mist | J W Cornell | Ms L Hopwood (4) |
$67
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54.0 |
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3f Face Value
x Dancing Lass
(Akhadan
) Not Offered |
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| 4 | 3.4 | 2. Velonski | G Eurell | S Cahill (2) |
$2.25
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56.5 |
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| 3c Falvelon x Skidoodle (Encosta De Lago ) | |||||||
| 5 | 4.6 | 5. Miss Intensus | P Stokes | D Tourneur (6) |
$6
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54.0 |
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| 3f Hard Spun (USA) x Expediency (Success Express (USA) ) | |||||||
| 6 | 14.6 | 7. Toast The Host | T T Oxlade | J Potter (1) |
$81
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54.0 |
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| 3f Host (CHI) x Jewel Of Oakbank (Alzao (USA) ) | |||||||
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