NEWS (August 2011)

4 Winners from only 7Starters for Nothing To Lose

Nothing To Lose has now madeit 4 winners from only 7 starters with his recent winner being the Brian Smithtrained, Venture On.

Venture On showed a magnificent turn of foot after being midfieldon the turn to finish in front by 1.5 lengths in the Sunshine Coast QTIS 3YOMaiden over 1200 metres on 20th August 2011. This was an exceptionalwin for a first starter and now takes Nothing To Lose’s winners to runnersratio to 57%.

There have been some other extremely positive results forNothing To Lose this month. The Matthew Dunn trained Epic Terra ran a veryclose second in a 3YO Maiden at Doomben over 1030 metres on 10thAugust 2011 and prior to that ran second at his first start on the Gold Coastover 900 metres. Flying the flag for Nothing To Lose overseas, both SenoritaNenita and Yes Commander have recently run a second and a third respectively inthe Philippines, while Mishani Izmir recently won a trial convincingly at theSunshine Coast. Off the back of these results Nothing To Lose’s stud career isshaping to be tremendously positive and has caused many astute breeders andbuyers to prick their ears.

Nothing To Lose was a Group 1 winner on turf inAmerica. He was a two year-old winner twice and raced consistently at thehighest level with wins in Gr1, Gr2 and Gr3 races and a record that stands at15 starts for 6 wins, 3 seconds and 1 third, winning $1.1m in prizemoney. Hisprogeny to date have proved to be excellent types with very precocious temperaments.

Nothing To Lose stands this season at Willowbend Stud for afee of $7,700.

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 June  

Back to Back Eye Liners for Clang Youngster

19/06/2011

Adnocon will head to the Glasshouse Handicap in top form after making it back to back wins in the listed $176,500 Eye Liner Stakes(1350m) at Ipswich today.

Ridden by Damian Browne, Adnocon came with a well timed run to reel in the leaders in the straight and then hold out the favourite Gundy Sun in all Magic Millions finish.

The performance was strong considering the son of Clang was trapped deep much of the race - but in his first run since a sixth placing at Rand wick in February.

Adnocon is trained by Gerald Ryan and his stable foreman Brad Banfield said today's win capped a long term ambition to win the race for the second time.

"Gerald and I sat down to work out what we would bring up for the carnival and it was then that he told me he wanted to set  this horse for the Eye Liner" Banfield told AAP.

"We gave him plenty of work before we left home, he had two trials and he's done a treat since he arrived two weeks ago."

"He was three - deep all the way but there was immense pressure up front and he thrived on that," Banfield added.

Ryan wasn't on course at Ipswich but he confirmed from Sydney that his sprint star would run next in the Glasshouse Handicap on July 2. He ran second in last year's Glasshouse at the Sunshine Coast.

Purchased for just $18,000 from the draft of Warrandale Stud at the 2007 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale, Adnocon has now earned over$488,000.

His part owners include Brisbane race caller David Fowler and local bookie Hadyn Flynn.

Adnocon is a five-year old son of Clang and one of five winners for his good producing dam Gwenn.

A place getter at three, Gwenn is a half sister to Sister of Soul - the dam of eight time international stakes winner Indigo Girl.

Aside from Adnocon, Gwenn has produced a winner in New Zealand and Korea, while her two other winners have been successful in Australia - one of them St Gwenn, a seven time winner, is the dam Shockie.

Adnocon's second dam, the Jalmood mare M Twenty Five, is a half sister to former stakes winning juvenile and champion New Zealand based Star Way.