November 27, 2017
Danish Diction, the Tasmanian bred gelding that won at Mount Perry last weekend for Melody O’Brien, is one of four straight success stories for Tom Moloney.
This year’s Melbourne purchase along with Yamanners, Famechon Baroness and Churchill Dawn have all saluted at least once under his tutelage.
The thoughtfully named galloper is by Wordsmith out of Queen Of Denmark, a grand-daughter of Danehill.
Eighty-four of Wordsmith’s progeny registered in the Stud Book to date have the prefix Gee Gee or Geegee’s in their name.
The reason for the pattern is straightforward: Paul and Elizabeth Geard, the bloodstock’s owners, had a dairy farm called Green Glory and took the property’s initials as their trademark.
Their relatively late entry into the racing game has been well rewarded with Geegees Blackflash becoming the first horse to amass $1 million in earnings on the Apple Isle alone.
He was by their stallion Clangalang.
His stud roster mate Wordsmith has contributed four stakes winners to the cause.
Gee Gee Double Dee won an Elwick Stakes as did Gee Gee Top Notch while Geegees Golden Girl picked up the Tasmanian Oaks and Classicboy lived up to his name by taking out the 2015 Tasmanian Derby.
Moloney, an amateur rider in earlier days, has done a fine job with Danish Diction.
He had two unplaced outings at Sale and Ballarat for the Cranbourne yard of Ken Keys in the autumn before coming into Tom’s care at Chahpingah near Burrandowan.
The four-year-old’s three appearances in Queensland in April-May proved unproductive, but the current campaign has yielded $10,800, courtesy of a second at Wondai, a Maiden breakthrough at Kumbia on Cup day and the Mount Perry Class B win.
A factor in the improvement has been the horse’s sharper attitude to work when he is paired with a training mate.
Tom brought up a rare hat-trick last weekend.
Churchill Dawn began the three-from-three sequence by scoring at Dalby on November 4.
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Bits And Bridles
- Owners and trainers should pay attention to the purses available for the QTIS Maiden at Nanango’s program on Sunday, December 3. The bonuses are particularly attractive for QTIS eligible fillies aged two or three and four-year-old mares. That category can earn $9800, $2900 or $1450 for filling a spot in the trifecta. Cheques for males aged from two to five will be worth $8050, $2400 and $1200 to the respective placegetters. Non-QTIS runners will play for $4550, $1400 and $700.
- Astute connections with the right galloper wisely target the Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme (QTIS) events because the bonuses are more than just a dob of cream on the cake.
- You can bet that Australian trainers from the hobby level to the leviathans are watching to see what Racing Victoria does about Lloyd Williams’ public declaration that he is the head trainer at his Macedon Lodge complexion. The multiple Melbourne Cup collector indicated in a television interview that he is the chief regarding issues such as work programs and feeding schedules. His former trainer Robert Hickmott resigned his post last week and his established back up, Liam Howley, has applied for a trainer’s licence. Over the years, stewards have taken stern action against unlicensed people performing roles such as training, riding or strapping thoroughbreds.
