{"id":196748,"date":"2017-11-27T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=196748"},"modified":"2020-08-10T13:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:55:44","slug":"wordsmith-makes-a-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/11\/27\/wordsmith-makes-a-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordsmith Makes A Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hannah Phillips, Danish Diction and Tom Moloney after their Kumbia victory (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/a>November 27, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danish Diction, the Tasmanian bred gelding that won at Mount Perry last weekend for Melody O\u2019Brien, is one of four straight success stories for Tom Moloney. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Melbourne purchase along with Yamanners, Famechon Baroness and Churchill Dawn have all saluted at least once under his tutelage.<\/p>\n

The thoughtfully named galloper is by Wordsmith out of Queen Of Denmark, a grand-daughter of Danehill.<\/p>\n

Eighty-four of Wordsmith\u2019s progeny registered in the Stud Book to date have the prefix Gee Gee or Geegee\u2019s in their name.<\/p>\n

The reason for the pattern is straightforward: Paul and Elizabeth Geard, the bloodstock\u2019s owners, had a dairy farm called Green Glory and took the property\u2019s initials as their trademark.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

He was by their stallion Clangalang.<\/p>\n

His stud roster mate Wordsmith has contributed four stakes winners to the cause.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Moloney, an amateur rider in earlier days, has done a fine job with Danish Diction.<\/p>\n

He had two unplaced outings at Sale and Ballarat for the Cranbourne yard of Ken Keys in the autumn before coming into Tom\u2019s care at Chahpingah near Burrandowan.<\/p>\n

The four-year-old\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

A factor in the improvement has been the horse\u2019s sharper attitude to work when he is paired with a training mate.<\/p>\n

Tom brought up a rare hat-trick last weekend.<\/p>\n

Churchill Dawn began the three-from-three sequence by scoring at Dalby on November 4.<\/p>\n

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Bits And Bridles<\/strong><\/h2>\n