Racing: Size proves no handicap for Hastings filly Swing Low
14 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Strapper Sarah Davis gives Swing Low an affectionate pat after the filly s gutsy win in a maiden 1600m race at Woodville last Saturday. Photo / Supplied
Strapper Sarah Davis gives Swing Low an affectionate pat after the filly s gutsy win in a maiden 1600m race at Woodville last Saturday. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
What Hastings filly Swing Low lacks in size and stature, at the moment, she more than makes up with in toughness, as she showed when scoring a gutsy maiden win at Woodville last Sunday.
11:10, May 10 2021
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Platinum Star provides Lisa Latta with her 1000th New Zealand training success.
RACING: A barnstorming late run by 3-year-old filly Platinum Star that carried her to a maiden victory at Woodville on Sunday also brought up a special milestone for trainer Lisa Latta. The victory was Latta’s 1000th New Zealand career winner after she was encouraged to step out as a trainer in her own right following the death of her boss and mentor Malcolm Smith in 1998. Latta trained five winners in her first solo season and had built an enviable record over the past 24 years through the deeds of quality gallopers such as Wharite Princess, Fort Lincoln, Mikki Street, Platinum Witness, Platinum Invador and Sentimental Miss.