Cahill strikes again

Jockey Michael Cahill has continued a lucrative Brisbane carnival with Ready To Prophet (Smart Missile), winning the race named in honour of her co-trainer, the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich.

Cahill has been a star of the Queensland winter, winning six stakes races including the G1 Doomben 10,000 and the G1 Kingsford Smith Cup.

It was the fifth time Cahill has won the Waterhouse Classic, but the first for Waterhouse and training partner Adrian Bott.

"The race has been really good to me. but it was an extra thrill to win it for Gai," he said. "She is a nice filly and she will go on to win better races."

Veteran prevails again

Ageless stayer Destiny’s Kiss (Power Of Destiny) has won the Listed Winter Cup at Rosehill for the second time, a remarkable six years after his first strike.

The rising 11-year-old produced a typically dour staying performance to nose out Yogi (NZ) (Raise The Flag {GB}).

“It’s amazing. It’s a great job by the team at home and everyone in the stable knows this horse so well. It’s very, very special.

“He looked gone 600 metres out, but he always finds something under pressure.”

Bright future

Jockey Craig Newitt believes Mawaany Machine (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) has a bright future after guiding him to his first win on Australian soil in the Ladbrokes Info Hub H. at Sandown.

"I think he's a pretty handy horse," Newitt said. "He ran really well the other day at Flemington from back in the field.

“Ridden up on the speed he showed how tough he is. I think he's only going to get better."

Surgery successful

Gelding Enforcement (I Am Invincible) has been the making of the youngster, who is unbeaten since undergoing surgery.

He was successful at Newcastle and at Rosehill he worked hard to lead from the outside gate and was never headed in the Australian Turf Club H.

"It was a pretty easy decision to make as he wasn't putting in on race day,'' co-trainer Paul Snowden said. "His trials were quite impressive but he was going to the races empty.'

"We have always liked the horse, but he's needed to fill out. He's only got a small frame but has some strength about him.''

Byrne back in business

Jockey Jim Byrne produced a typical Ipswich ride to score his first win aboard It Ain’t All Honey (Real Saga) in the $125,000 Provincial Stayers Final since returning from injury.

He is a noted rider at the course, having won nine premierships and every major race there multiple times.

It Ain't All Honey's trainer Desleigh Forster has been a great supporter of Byrne and he has been riding work for her in the lead up to his comeback.

"I have always thought It Ain't All Honey was a very good stayer in the making," she said.

Mums shine

Jenny Duggan and Samantha Clenton have created history at Rosehill by becoming the first mothers to win Saturday metropolitan races on the same card in Sydney.

Both are mature-age apprentices whose careers have been interrupted firstly by injury, then by parenthood.

Duggan won on the Jason Coyle-trained River Bird (Epaulette) on Saturday while Clenton was successful on Nicci's Gold (Nicconi) for trainer Gary Portelli.

Hanger back to winning form

An inch-perfect ride from Ryan Elliot saw progressive galloper Hanger (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}) return to the winner’s enclosure when successful over 1400 metres at Ruakaka.

“It’s great to see him back to winning form as on his day he has any amount of ability but he can do things wrong,” co-trainer Robert Wellwood said.

“I wanted Ryan to let him find his feet early on and come with one run and he handled him perfectly.

“To be fair, where I was standing, I thought we were going home with the consolation prize so to get the win was a surprise and a very pleasing one at that.”

Into Mischief On Top In Ocala

The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training concluded with a bang on Friday in Ocala, as a filly by Into Mischief (USA) brought a sales record final bid of US$900,000 (lot 748) from Larry Best’s OXO Equine.

The price bettered the auction’s previous record of $800,000, which was set by a City Zip (USA) colt in 2016. The result was another pinhooking success for Carlo Vaccarezza, who purchased the filly for $375,000 as part of his initial pinhooking venture at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

Juveniles by Into Mischief have caused fireworks at several 2-year-old sales this spring. A filly by the Spendthrift stallion topped the Midlantic sale at $1.8 million when selling to Michael Lund Petersen. Best paid $1.5 million for another daughter at the Gulfstream sale and a colt by the sire topped the OBS April sale when bringing a final bid of $1.3 million from Team Casse.