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QLD BREEDERS TATTERSALL'S WINTER STAKES F&M WFA

1400M

Of $501500  Of $500000 and $1500 trophy.  1st $320000 and trophy of $1500, 2nd $100000, 3rd $50000, 4th $20000, 5th $10000. For  Fillies and Mares. Standard Weight for Age. (GROUP 1). No allowances for apprentices.  Field Limit: 20+4 EM

No	Horse	Trainer	Ballot	Wgt	Pen
1	AQUA D'AMORE	Gai Waterhouse	2	56.5
2	FASHIONS AFIELD	Gai Waterhouse	3	56.5
3	GEE I JANE (NZ)	Neville Couchman	4	56.5
4	DOUBTING	Anthony Cummings	5	56.5
5	CINQUE CENTO	Peter G Moody	6	56.5
6	NOVA STAR	Kelly Schweida	7	56.5
7	VITESSE DANE	Kris Lees	8	56.5
8	IMANA	Guy Walter	10	56.5
9	FRITZ'S PRINCESS	Kris Lees	11	56.5
10	STORM SIGNAL (NZ)	Peter G Moody	12	56.5
11	MAGICALLY	Chris Waller	13	56.5
12	VILLA BLED	Clarry Conners	14	56.5
13	ROSA'S SPUR	Rodney Northam	15	56.5
14	HANNA ROSSA	Tony Noonan	16	56.5
15	FUNLOVE	Nerissa Cowell	17	56.5
16	MARTINIFORUS	John Hawkes	18	56.5
17	HASTA LA CIAO CIAO (NZ)	Roger James	19	56.5
18	MORE THAN LUCKY	David Payne	21	56.5
19	SINGLE ROSE	Shaun Dwyer	22	56.5
20	VEGAS SHOWGIRL (NZ)	Graeme Rogerson	23	56.5
21	LESMARTRE	Mark Sims	24	56.5
22	IMAGINING	Bart Cummings	25	56.5
23	RASH PROMISE	Shaun Dwyer	26	56.5
24	TENSHI	Lloyd Kennewell	28	56.5
25	CHOSEN GODDESS	Shaun Dwyer	29	56.5
26	GOLD EDITION	Ron Maund	1	55
27	SEQUENTIAL CHARM	Rex Lipp	9	55
28	J'ADANE (NZ)	Russell Cameron	20	55
29	MASLINS BEACH	Anthony Cummings	27	55
30	SATSANG	Helen Page	30	55

Payne sweating on Winter Stakes start

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19 June 2007
By Caryl Williamson

Wet weather in Sydney has hampered More Than Lucky's preparation for the Winter Stakes and the mare will now have to rely on a defection from the entries to gain a start in Saturday's feature at Eagle Farm.

The Winter Stakes (1400m) is the last Group One race for the season and is restricted to fillies and mares.  <a href=http://www.aapracing.com.au/Story.aspx?page=RNS&id=16369" ">Read the full article[/url]

Nova Star shines in Winter Stakes  

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23 June
By Rob Burnet    www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz

In-form Queensland mare Nova Star scored her biggest victory when successful in the $500,000, Group I, Queensland Breeders Winter Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

The Iglesia mare gave trainer Kelly Schweida his biggest victory when successful in final few bounds over the Gai Waterhouse-trained Fashions Afield with New Zealand filly J’Adane back in third place.

Nova Star had the form credentials going into the last Group I event of the season. She raced her way into fifth in the Group I Stradbroke Handicap over 1400 metres at Eagle Farm on June 9, after victory in the Group II QTC Cup, 1200 metres, at Eagle Farm a week prior. She had started her winter campaign with a win in the listed Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast back on May 5th.

Jockey Stathi Katsidis had Nova Star racing beyond midfield to the home turn. When the leaders peeled towards the centre of the track, Katsidis elected to not go too wide before bringing her home strongly to catch Fashions Afield in the shadows of the post.

Fashions Afield (Redoute's Choice) sat just off the leader Gold Edition before throwing out a challenge and quickly reeling in the leader. She looked set for victory until reeled in late.

J’Adane (Danehill) ran well, finishing gamely towards the fence for third money, just touching out Doubting in a photo finish.

Track conditions played against the favourite Gold Edition, as well as the inability to run out the 1400m, and possibily the effect of a very ling season startgin for the 31st time in her career.

After comfortably finding the lead, jockey John Powell was forced to edge off the fence rounding the home, just as she did when a tiring sixth in the Queensland Guineas on June 11.

This time Gold Edition was quickly beaten off and Powell elected not to punish the filly over the last 150 metres of the race and she beat a handful of gallopers to the line.

Nova Star is a five-year-old mare by Iglesia out of the Luskin Star mare Filnova and she is trained by Schweida on the course. Owned by S J Dillon, Dr M A Gillman, K Bredhauer, G Turnbull, Mrs S Knight and D Harvey she was winning for the seventh time out of 28 starts. With four placings she has earned stakes of $884,800 and the invaluable Group I black type.