A $2250 online purchase by Darryl Karp has proven an astute investment when Isn’t It Ironic won at just her fourth start at Wangaratta on Thursday. The four-year-old Capitalist mare took out the 1400 metre maiden race for Seymour trainer Stephen Brown and jockey Stephanie Hately. The mare has now taken her stakes earnings to just over $18,000.
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Seymour trainers Lee and Shannon Hope continued to add to their season tally with a convincing 3.5 length win at Kilmore on Friday by the three-year-old filly La Meeting. Ridden by Jarrod Fry, the gelding jumped to an early lead and was never headed.
La Meeting is by the Northwood based stallion Royal Meeting. Standing at Lovatsville, Royal Meeting was a Group One winning two-year-old and has sired the Group One winning two-year-old filly Hayasugi.
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Kilmore trainer Jody Thompson made the 800 kilometre trek to Broken Hill on Saturday to come away with a well-deserved double. The first success of the day came with Bokeem taking out the Benchmark 45 1000 metre contest, winning by a comfortable 3.6 lengths.
Thompson then took out the $30,000 NSW Outback Cup with Notmeanttobe. The $3.80 favourite won by 3.2 lengths. Bokeem and Notmeanttobe were both ridden by John Keating.