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South Burnett jockeys Hannah Phillips and Hannah English pictured heading to work at Nanango last September (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/a>April 8, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett primary producers aren’t the only ones bring in a harvest at this time of the year – local racing industry players have been enjoying a bright and productive time of late, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hannah Phillips, with a recent double in the locker, repeated the dose at Gympie on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Firstly she booted home Mister Ward (trainer Matt Boland, $3.20) and Turbo Teddy (Steven Thomas, $17) at Warwick\u2019s provincial meeting on April 2.<\/p>\n

Windquest (Malcolm Bailey, $6.50) and Targets (Kym Afford, $4.40) were her partners at the Southside course four days later.<\/p>\n

Dame Fortune has taken a liking to Afford.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prior to Gossiaux\u2019s breakthrough at Bundaberg on March 16, the ex-South Australian had unsaddled ten hopefuls that had finished as second, third or fourth placegetters.<\/p>\n

Kym and his wife Sonia have show jumpers and thoroughbreds at their Kilkivan base.<\/p>\n

Their versatile, mobile operation embraces farrier work, horse-breaking and equine dental attention.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hannah English provided the first three of the four successes that John Manzelmann clinched at Bowen on Saturday. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Exoterical ($6) and Ginger Snap ($4) scored narrowly, but the maiden aspirant Favour Of God ($2.40) bolted in by six lengths.<\/p>\n

The duo made up for a disappointing return, apart from a close second on Sweet Surprise ($10), at Mackay the previous day.<\/p>\n

Glenn Richardson\u2019s wonderful sequence with Bel Seleva (Gary Geran, $1.70) continued in comfortable style at Gympie. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bel Esprit mare, with only eight engagements since joining the Nanango stable last October, has saluted at each of her six most recent appearances.<\/p>\n

The sprinter\u2019s first two victories were for Hannah English (Gympie, November 24, $17; Bundaberg, December 8, $2.40).<\/p>\n

Then she prevailed for Jason Missen (Bundaberg, February 2, $3.20) and Dale Evans (Gladstone, February 9, $2.50). Gary Geran was aboard the $1.80 chance for the second of her Gympie wins on March 9.<\/p>\n

Also on Saturday, Stella\u2019s Dream (Kenji Yoshida, $4) picked up fourth money for the Richardson team at Goondiwindi.<\/p>\n

Another local doing well is Nanango trainer Jason Livingstone with Mountebank.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having just its second day at the races in four months, the $71 shot was unplaced on debut for the yard at Caloundra on March 10.<\/p>\n

But at Gympie on Saturday, the very lightly raced six-year-old – with Montanna Savva as pilot – picked up the minor money in the feature $10,000 100 Club BM 55 (1470m).<\/p>\n

The Lonhro gelding shed its maiden tag at Newcastle at its 13th and final run for Paul Perry in May 2016.<\/p>\n

Soon after, Mountebank was unplaced in the New England area for trainer Mark Mason.<\/p>\n

More than two years later he came back to finish second last at Armidale at his only attempt for a new mentor in Cody Morgan in November 2018.<\/p>\n

Given the lay offs over time, Mountebank seemingly showed improvement on the sand.<\/p>\n

The record shows that Lindsay Anderson\u2019s Clouds wound up in tenth berth in the $75,000 BM 75 Handicap at Toowoomba on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 100\/1 pop\u2019s performance was commendable, with the losing margin being less than three lengths in a hectic battle in which the first seven home were covered by less than a length.<\/p>\n

Previously the grey was a tidy third on a heavy Sunshine Coast surface in mid-March.<\/p>\n

Finally, former local jockey Jason Hoopert has also found the winner\u2019s circle twice since settling in the state\u2019s north west. <\/strong><\/p>\n

He has been on top at Cloncurry with Flossy and Mount Isa with Zumari.<\/p>\n

Calendar Reminders:<\/strong> Mark up Nanango (Easter Saturday and then May 25 for Battle Of The Bush Day), Wondai (Anzac Day) and Burrandowan (May 11).<\/p>\n

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Saturday’s ATC T.J. Smith Stakes hero Santa Ana Lane pictured winning last year’s Stradbroke for Ben Melham (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fanfare For Queensland<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Santa Ana Lane\u2019s demolition job on the rich T.J. Smith Stakes field at Randwick on Saturday is cause for Queensland\u2019s authorities to blow the trumpet about their carnivals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lope de Vega (IRE) gelding had time in the north in the winter of 2016.<\/p>\n

In 2018 he took out the Stradbroke with Champagne Cuddles holding on to third place.<\/p>\n

The Not A Single Doubt mare, at 100\/1, finished a mighty fourth in Saturday\u2019s Sydney sprint.<\/p>\n

That was one spot behind Sunlight, the 2018 Magic Millions heroine.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, there would have been support for the Doncaster winner Brutal at Gympie.<\/p>\n

Glen Boss, the victorious hoop, cut his teeth there, enjoying the pony club experience as a nipper before he linked up with trainer Terry Chinner at the age of 15.<\/p>\n

Glen was on the back of quarter-horses and then thoroughbreds.<\/p>\n

The opportunity to relocate to the Gold Coast to be indentured to Kaye Tinsley a couple of years later was a welcome one.<\/p>\n

The world was to become Boss\u2019s oyster.<\/p>\n