With two of his three stakes-winners, Annabel Neasham has a good handle on the stock of Oakland Stud’s recruit Pariah, the latest coming with Ostraka, who put a competitive field of three-year-olds to the sword in Saturday’s Listed Ascot Green Queensland Day Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
The master trainer of stayers, Ciaron Maher, dealt a body blow to punters when $101 chance Socks Nation scored a fighting win in Saturday’s $700,000 Group 1 Seven Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm.