Kingston Classic Bolts In!

It's a bit of a fair old hike to Esperance in the southern region of WA, but Kingston Classic did the miles, started a 5/4 favourite and duly won the Cup down there last Saturday! That's six cheques from his last six starts and trainer Steve Wolfe has him racing as good as ever-albeit in slightly easier company than he's previously been used to.

However, a small group of owners also shared the trip down to the Bay of Isles and enjoyed a fabulous day of real grass roots country racing-made even better of course by their horse winning the feature event! Jockey Lane Moloney racked up a winning treble on the day by riding Kingston Classic to a hard fought 1/2 length win. All being well, KC will now head to Mt Barker for their Cup this Sunday!

- Peter Morley

Open Eyre Bolts In!

Well, he looked like Lonhro, Kingston Town and Octagonal all rolled in to one on Saturday-especially as he let down in the run to the line, lengthed out and donkey licked the oppostion by nearly four lengths!

OK it wasn't Randwick or Flemington, but it was a big day for the small seaside town of Esperance and the finely tuned, muscular, slick black coat of Open Eyre's stood out like a beacon as the best presented horse by far of any horse at the entire meting. He didn't let favourite backers down in the opening event either.

To be fair, he beat a bunch of hacks that couldn't run out of sight on a dark night. They had to pay the rider of the last placed horse double time and a half for all the extra hours he spent in the saddle! But a wins a win and Open Eyre is certainly capable of achieving similar results in better company.

Special mention must be made of syndicate members Ian Haddon who "baggsed" the honour of leading Open Eyre back to the Winners Circle to the adulation of the large crowd, and Neil Munroe who has raced horses for FOUR YEARS before finally getting a winner! Now there's a stayer!

- Peter Morley

Its A Group 1 Win For Gai Waterhouse Again

Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse was at it again last Saturday when she racked up another win at the highest level with Aqua D'Amore (pictured) taking out the Group 1 Futurity Stakes over 1600m at Caulfield. This tough as teak mare, which had been placed in her previous two races in Group One company, finally broke through to win beating the red hot favourite and arch rival El Segundo. If Aqua D'Amore can repeat the dose in this Saturday's Australian Cup, she will have the opportunity to contest the $875,000 Prince of Wales' Stakes over 2000m at Royal Ascot on June 20 - and win her owners a $500,000 bonus!

- Peter Morley

Gai Waterhouse Yearlings List

Gai called me last week saying that she'd love to invite more West Aussies into her stable as owners. Consequently, and obviously as we're Perth based, she's given me a list of the yearlings she's purchased recently that still have shares available in them. The $2 Million colt is all gone, however there's plenty more quality there! The typical 10% share in one of these higher priced yearlings sells for between $15,000-$40,000. So, if that interests you, then e-mail our office peter@belhusracing.com.au and we'll send you the list.

- Peter Morley