Launceston: Listed Gold Sovereign S., $150,000, 1200m
Always travelling like the winner, Geegees Mistruth (Wordsmith) made it four from four and two in a row at Listed level with another smart performance.
A homebred for the Geard family who stand her G3 Debonair S.-winning sire - she is one of the eight stakes winners for that son of Testa Rossa; noting that all but one of those have the “Geegee” name!
Geegees Mistruth is the third live foal produced by the unplaced Miss Mana (Jetball), also dam of the handy Wordsmith gallopers Geegeeluckystar (six wins) and Gee Gee Manpower (three wins).
Slipping to Wordsmith last spring, Miss Mana had a filly by him in 2022.
Miss Mana’s dam Just A Doll (Sackford {USA}) was not represented by any winners but her dam is a half-sister to the G1 South Australian Oaks winner Lady Liberty (NZ) (Noble Bijou {USA}).
Also from this family are the elite-level winners Inference, Jacquinot and Facing The Music (NZ) (Sackford {USA}).
Geegees Mistruth carries three strains of Star Kingdom (Ire) - Star Affair, Biscay and Todman - and two of Vain; plenty of speed influence!
Listed Tasmanian Oaks, $150,000, 2100m
Rewarding favourite supporters with another classy performance, Wings Of Song (Mendelssohn {USA}) made it five in a row with her third success at Listed level having taken out the Listed Tasmanian Guineas on January 5 and the Listed Strutt S. on February 11; in between those runs also winning the Tasmanian 1000 Guineas.
A homebred for Olly Tait and Jill Nivison, she is one of the eight stakes winners for her G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf-winning Coolmore sire who shuttled to Australia just the once - 38 live foals the result.
A daughter of the winning mare Tortoni (Strategic), Wings Of Song is a half-sister to the G2 Moonee Valley Vase and three-time Listed winner Cherry Tortoni (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and the stakes-placed dual city winner Jenny Jerome (Churchill {Ire}).
Her grandam is the G1 Thousand Guineas winner Whisked (Whiskey Road {USA}) who did such a great job producing three stakes winners - the Listed gallopers Hood (Shamardal {USA}) and Dream Ballad (Singspiel {Ire}) and, of course, the wonderful galloper Tie The Knot (Nassipour {USA}).
Hailing from the same female line that produced Written Tycoon, Wings Of Song boasts a 6 X 5 cross of Flower Bowl (USA) (Alibhai {GB}) via her son His Majesty (USA) and grandson Whiskey Road (USA). And her dam is bred on a 7 X 6 cross of Flower Bowl's prolific grandam Boudoir (GB) (Mahmoud {Fr}).
Tortoni paid a visit to Churchill (Ire) last spring having foaled a filly by St Mark's Basilica (Fr). She missed the previous season with her 2-year-old Ron Quinton gelding recently being named Signor Tortoni (Too Darn Hot {GB}).
Pinjarra Scarpside: Listed Pinjarra Classic, $150,000, 1300m
Getting up along the inside late, River Rubicon (Rubick) was a determined winner at his first run since early December.
Bred by Kevin Biggs, he was sold by Fernrigg Farm to Commercial Bloodstock Services for $12,000 at the 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
The 11th stakes winner for his Swettenham Stud-based sire, River Rubicon is the last foal out of the stakes-placed, multiple city winner Woodala (Woodman {USA}) who has produced another five winners including the metropolitan winners Zoffala (Zoffany {Ire}), Light Up The Moon (Smart Missile) and Esperanca (Commands).
Woodala's stakes-placed dam Darmala (NZ) (Danehill {USA}) is a half-sister to the G3 Summer Cup winner Majestically (NZ) (Maroof {USA}) and to the dam of the runaway G1 Adelaide Cup winner Demerger (Saithor {USA}).
This is also the family of the high-class race mare and wonderful matriarch Triscay (Marscay).
