Seven-year-old Dona Amalia, Always Treasure’s first foal, came from almost last place to score in Bendigo on Wednesday evening to record her ninth lifetime win, while her younger sibling Spirited Lass recorded her sixth success at the Melton Day meeting on Friday.
The Sundon mare is also dam to Hurricane Katie, who won twice at Shepparton last year, and three-year-old filly Morning Dove, a placegetter from just three attempts so far.
“She only had four foals for four races,” said Scott, the chairman of the Cranbourne Harness Racing Club. “Unfortunately, we had to put her to sleep last breeding season after she contracted an infection.”
Scott originally purchased Always Treasure in New Zealand from the late Carl Middleton, one of the Dominion’s most decorated breeders and trainers of true trotters.
“I told Carl I was looking for a three- or four-year-old trotting mare,” Scott said. “I took her with me with the intention of racing her and then having her mated.
“I liked her breeding. She goes back to the Inter Dominion winner Fraggle Rock and her second dam produced some nice horses.”
Always Treasure won a total of six races – three in NZ and three in Victoria – before moving to the broodmare stable.
“I sold Dona Amalia through the yearling sale to John Tormey,” said Scott.
“I kept Hurricane Katie and sold Spirited Lass at the sale, but I remained interested in her. She is ridden by Cranbourne’s Duncan McPherson and Darryl and Colin Martin, along with some other Cranbourne people.”
Scott has bred a string of top trotters over the years, including Redwood winners Elusive Charm and Cognati, Vicbred champions Is That A Bid and Locksley Lover and Cup winner Melpark Magic.
At the Nutrien Equine Melbourne auction in April he is offering two yearlings by the acclaimed Walner horse King Of The North, including a filly out of the Majestic Son mare Zippin Around, a daughter of Scott’s foundation mare Sunny Folly.
- Kimcando, a mare bred by Gippsland breeder Greg Fusinato, won the Junee Pacing Cup on Saturday evening. She is out of the Victoria Ladyship Cup winner Jazzam
- The cleverly named Signature Look, a three-year-old colt by Poster boywon the Colin and Heather Holloway Classic at the Ballarat Cup meeting. The colt was bred by central Victorian rider Robert Rothacker
- Seaside Serenade, a filly by the Woodlands Stud sire Down on the coastwon the first two-year-old race of the season in Pinjarra (WA) on the Australia Day public holiday
By means of Peter Wharton for Harness Racing Victoria
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