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Apprentice Alisha Donald has made a flying start to the 2022-2023 racing season (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/p>\n

August 31, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanango trainer Glenn Richardson had a welcome change of luck on Saturday when Infinite Joy, narrowly beaten on the heavy track at Lee Park on Cup day, prevailed for Emily Lang at Kilcoy.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

After setting the pace, the Fighting Sun mare hung on to score by a nose. <\/p>\n

Her seven outings for Nanango\u2019s leading stable have also earned two runner-up cheques.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Rising Spirit, handled by Alisha Donald, won by the same margin at Warra.<\/p>\n

The Spirit of Boom mare, after four runs for Chris Munce and one for Michael Costa, first stepped out for Richardson\u2019s team in late May.<\/p>\n

The game bay\u2019s form line since leaving Brisbane stands at 7:2-1-3.<\/p>\n

Glenn had experienced a frustrating set with three seconds on home turf on August 6. <\/p>\n

Aided by his jockey wife Hannah, Sherwood Prince broke through at Gladstone a week later. <\/p>\n

Two more placings were registered at Gympie on the following Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Alisha Donald can bid a very fond farewell to August courtesy of a Roma treble, a double and a single win at Mackay, and victories at Gladstone and Warra.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These wins mean the widely travelled apprentice has saluted on eight occasions already this season. <\/p>\n

She is currently a close fifth on the state wide country premiership table and sits eighth to James Orman on the \u201call venues\u201d chart that covers every metropolitan, provincial and rural racetrack.<\/p>\n

In other pleasing news for the South Burnett, Hannah Richardson booted home A Good Chance for Neville and Denise O\u2019Toole at Ipswich on August 12. <\/p>\n

Wondai trainer Kristen Roon has done a marvellous job to secure a very tidy placing on the Sunshine Coast\u2019s synthetic on August 21 with Kakatiya.<\/p>\n

The $41 shot\u2019s previous engagement yielded the minor money at Mount Perry back in November 2021. <\/p>\n

Kristen races the Monaco Consul mare in partnership with her husband Bodie and her parents Jeff and Narelle Wenck. <\/p>\n

The very sparingly raced six-year-old shed her maiden tag at Nanango a year ago. <\/p>\n

There could well be a nice event for her at the same venue on September 10.<\/p>\n

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Snapdancer, heroine of Saturday’s MRC Memsie Stakes, pictured winning for James McDonald at this year’s Magic Millions day (Photo: Ross Stanley)
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Sunshine State’s Form Franked<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is a time honoured custom for some punters to monitor the form of gallopers that have raced or spelled during the Queensland\u2019s winter period. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The beneficial climate and some residual fitness can give these candidates edge at this time of the year.<\/p>\n

These form followers were rewarded when Snapdancer was too good for her rivals in last Saturday\u2019s $1m Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. <\/p>\n

The Choisir mare, astutely managed by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, has made three northern sorties for an accumulation of around $800,000.<\/p>\n

Galileo\u2019s grand-daughter finished second in the Tatt\u2019s Tiara in Brisbane in June. <\/p>\n

Earlier, her two Gold Coast appearances in the Magic Millions contest for fillies and mares resulted in a success this year and a third place in 2021.<\/p>\n

The Eagle Farm partnership of Steven O\u2019Dea and Matthew Hoysted also struck pay dirt at Caulfield with Shooting for Gold in The Heath (1100m, Group 3). <\/p>\n

The Shooting To Win gelding, after three fourths during his hometown\u2019s carnival, ran third in the VRC Aurie\u2019s Star Stakes on his debut in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

The O\u2019Dea-Hoysted unit also grabbed the Listed MRC Regal Roller Stakes a fortnight ago with Uncommon James.<\/p>\n

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Geraldine Brook’s new book will appeal to equine enthusiasts who are also partial to historical fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Good Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In 2006, Geraldine Brooks, often described as an Australian-American journalist and novelist, won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel ‘March’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wordsmith\u2019s latest product, ‘Horse’, is recommended for those with a passion for equine material and an appreciation of historical fiction. <\/p>\n

Meticulous research underpins her tale, which centres on the thoroughbred Lexington, a true American star of the mid-nineteenth century. <\/p>\n

Brooks has other threads and themes running through her cleverly constructed book. <\/p>\n

Readers should not prematurely sneak a peak at the information chronicled at the the very end. <\/p>\n

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Reminder: Springtime racing is scheduled for Nanango on Saturday, September 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n