More Stakes Success for Glamour Tycoon

Media Release - Saturday March 22

A day of high-quality racing and tight finishes at Trentham was topped off by another ding-donger in the last race as the favoured pair of Glamour Tycoon and Platinum Lightning went head-to-head in the Listed Bill Tito Book Repair Specialist Lightning Handicap (1200m).

Glamour Tycoon snatches a narrow victory in the Lightning Handicap.   Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North)

Neither four-year-old was prepared to give an inch, however it was the Stephen Marsh-trained filly Glamour Tycoon who thrust her head down at the perfect moment to deny the Lisa Latta-prepared Platinum Lightning and register her second victory at Listed level after claiming the O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) during her three-year-old season.

Rider Wiremu Pinn has struck up a profitable association with the Marsh stable lately and was once again thrilled to pick up another stakes win for the Cambridge-based operator after guiding the stable’s champion middle-distance performer El Vencedor to a pair of Group One victories in recent weeks.

“I wasn’t confident I had won but she is a tough little filly and I love her,” Pinn said. “We have a great association and I do a lot of work on her at home.

“It is great that Stephen is supporting me and that is my first winner in these colours, so hopefully they can put me on some more of their better ones.

“She jumped very good and she relaxed beautifully. They are racing quite loose today and the gaps opened up and she has done it all on her own.

“She has had to fight hard and it is very satisfying to get the job done.

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“I think she is going well, a lovely filly with a great attitude, conserves energy well and pretty much just does what you ask of her. She is very genuine and she will always try.”

The victory completed a double on the day for Pinn, who also took out the Gr.2 IRT Wellington Guineas (1600m) aboard Vegas Queen.

Glamour Tycoon was bred by Diamond Park Breeding and Racing and is by star stallion Written Tycoon, while her dam Glamour Gal is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Doomben Roses (2000m) winner Etana.

Offered by Highline Thoroughbreds in Book 1 of Karaka 2022, Glamour Tycoon was bought by Marsh for $220,000 and now races in the colours of part-owner Dennis Foster’s Bourbon Lane Stable.

Her 17-start career has now produced five wins and just under $330,000 in prizemoney. - LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

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Race Result - Bill Tito Book Repair Specialist Lightning Hcp LR 1200m

Trentham Track: Soft(6) Time: 1:06.63
1
Glamour Tycoon
- 4m Written Tycoon (AUS) x Glamour Gal (AUS) (Foxwedge (AUS))
Tnr: S B Marsh Rdr: W F Pinn 53
NZB Karaka Book 1 $220,000
Seller: Highline Thoroughbreds
Buyer: Mr SB Marsh
Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale $85,000
Seller: Diamond Park Breeding and Racing, Longwarry
Buyer: Highline Thoroughbreds / Paul Moroney Bloodstock
2
0.1
Platinum Attack
- 4g Santos (AUS) x Conchita (AUS) (Uncle Mo (USA))
Tnr: Ms L Latta Rdr: Matthew Cartwright 53
MM Gold Coast National Weanling Sale $37,000
Seller: Glastonbury Farms, Scone, NSW
Buyer: Lisa Latta
3
1.4
Fancy Like Lass
- 5m Hellbent (AUS) x Mandalong Belle (AUS) (Choisir (AUS))
Tnr: S Thompson Brown & M Brown Rdr: K R Hercock 53
Hellbent
4
2.2
Lux Libertas
- 4m Almanzor (FR) x Miss Fi (NZ) (Makfi (GB))
Tnr: L O'sullivan & A Scott Rdr: L T Hemi 53.5
5
2.3
South Of Houston
- 5m Deep Field (AUS) x Soho Secret (AUS) (Lucky Owners (NZ))
Tnr: Ms T Rae Rdr: K A Myers 53
6
3.6
Silent Is Gold
- 6g Star Turn (AUS) x Confident (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: Kevin & Stephen Gray Rdr: M J Mc Nab 55
7
4.6
Shoes
- 4m Derryn (AUS) x Ambitious Beauty (NZ) (Towkay (AUS))
Tnr: Ms P Gerard Rdr: M Hashizume 53
8
4.7
Beast Of Burden
- 4g Turn Me Loose (NZ) x Lady Kipling (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: C K Ormsby Rdr: Tayla Mitchell 53
9
4.9
Mystic Park
- 5g Ocean Park (NZ) x Spirit Of Karlu (AUS) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: M & M Pitman Rdr: Joe Doyle 58
10
5.4
Petrucci
- 5m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Via Napoli (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson Rdr: W B Kennedy 53
11
5.6
Aquilifer
- 4m Charm Spirit (IRE) x Adis (NZ) (Mastercraftsman (IRE))
Tnr: Ms S P Mynott Rdr: K Chowdhoory 53
12
5.9
The Stoney One
- 6g Pierro (AUS) x Western Gem (AUS) (Charge Forward (AUS))
Tnr: Guy Lowry & Leah Zydenbos Rdr: L Sutherland 53
13
7.4
Lightning Jack
- 8g Per Incanto (USA) x La Petite (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: Kelvin Tyler Rdr: J K Riddell 59
14
10
Express Yourself
- 6m Shamexpress (NZ) x Whitehaven Girl (AUS) (Umatilla (NZ))
Tnr: Ms N Hurdle Rdr: R J Hurdle 55
15
10.9
Puketiro
- 5m Savabeel (AUS) x Matakana (NZ) (Mastercraftsman (IRE))
Tnr: Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson Rdr: C J Grylls 53
16
15.6
Belle's Echo
- 6m Echoes Of Heaven (AUS) x Woodbury Belle (NZ) (Woodbury Lad (USA))
Tnr: Ms L Latta Rdr: A Comignaghi 53
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