Punters were prepared to take the short odds about Chautauqua after his previous encounter at Flemington, when he won the Group1 Bobby Lewis Handicap.

There he was again on Saturday, same place same distance, giving his opposition another dose of the short, back and sides, blasting his way to yet another easy win.

He is the sprint find of the season, with an amazing burst of acceleration that can see him put a space between him and his rivals very quickly.

Wayne Hawkes was positive in his praise of the gelding, he was last with almost half of the journey covered, yet the winning margin was four lengths.

“That was his best win, he is getting better with each run, he was highly strung at one stage but racing has made him more adaptable, he is settling now much better, “said Wayne Hawkes.

The best run in the race, outside of the winner, was the New Zealander, Bounding, he had finished second in the Group 2 Royal Sovereign Stakes at Randwick.

He has a pretty good strike rate having won seven of his 12 starts, and is yet to miss a place.

Smokin’ Joey, having his first start back after running unplaced in the Stradbroke in Brisbane, did little, he was hardly seen.

Chautauqua under Dwayne Dunn

Treve Takes Out Arc

The Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe, the pride of French racing, was taken out by Treve in nothing short of spectacular fashion.

After her win in the prestigious race last year it was announced of her impending retirement, the lure of Longchamp became too much.

She was simply outstanding, arguably the best race mare in the world, maybe this will be permanent retirement, she is a champion, she can hardly improve her current record.

A trust fund has been set up to assist the family of Damien Murphy, who died suddenly back in February.

He was a trusted employee of Rockmount Pre-Training Centre in the north east, since its inception 13 years ago, and 8 years before that, when it was known as Vinery.

His death was a shock to all that knew him, in particular his four young sons, Josh, Cian, Leo and Patrick, they have been robbed of a father.

Several studs have put their shoulder to the wheel to assist the family with the boy’s upbringing and education.

The studs have put up sires for tender that closes at 5 pm Sunday October 5.

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Rich Enuff is a class act, he came through the Guineas Prelude as if it was nothing more than a walk in the park, he is assured of starting a warm favourite in the Caulfield Guineas, to be run on Saturday week.

He made his fellow Guineas aspirants look second class when Michael Rodd took his foot off the pedal, as the field rounded the home turn.

There are no plans set beyond the Caulfield Guineas, a spell would be the appropriate decision, the Autumn could be the land of opportunity.

Rich Enuff winning in a breeze

He has now won races on three separate courses; he is an exciting young racehorse with untapped potential.

Only good horses can do what he did in the Prelude, after drawing a wide gate he sat outside of the leader, Liberation, until nearing the home turn when he simply exploded to the lead, and won as he liked.

Rich Enuff is by Written Tycoon, and he has certainly inherited the good looks of his sire, with a great pedigree being from a granddaughter of the great Vain in Miss Entertainer, from 12 foals to race 10 were winners, she was line bred to My Babu through Better Boy and Milesian.

Rich Enuff now Guineas favourite

There are no limits to the talents of Darren Weir as a horse trainer, that elusive Group 1 win was achieved when Trust In A Gust won the Sir Rupert Clarke Charity Cup, at Caulfield on Sunday.

It was also a satisfying win for apprentice rider, Damian Lane, his first Group 1 success since coming from Perth to be attached to the stable of Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra.

As for the army of owners that share ownership in the horse, and there were plenty, they made sure they were going to be heard.

The entire, Trust In A Gust, has met all the challenges, when the bar was raised he answered, he has now won nine races from 16 starts.

A great money spinner for his owners after being purchased for $45.000 as a yearling, he was not the flavour of the month when it came to syndicating him.

The race was ultimately decided in the steward’s room when Ben Melham, the rider of the second horse Dissident, raised an objection that interference had occurred at an early stage of the race.

After a good hearing the stewards had no option but to dismiss the protest, one, that it happened early in the race, and Dissident at one stage in the straight had his head in front of Trust In A Gust.

Trust In A Gust defeating Dissident

The death of leading sire, Street Cry, has rocked the breeding industry, and Darley, where he stood in the Hunter Valley, following on from the demise of Commands just a few months earlier.

His services were in great demand; he commanded the attention of leading breeders, standing at a fee of $110,000.

Street Cry was an exceptional sire and a highly talented racehorse; he was the highest earning stakes sire to stand in the southern hemisphere, he was never out of a place in 12 starts, earning $9,876,456 in prize money.

Seven of his progeny have earned in excess of a million dollars in stakes, including Shocking, Whobegotyou and Zenyatta, her 19 wins yielded $8,510,139 in stakes.

Street Cry has been an international phenomenon, his progeny have raced in 25 different countries, winning in 23, he has sired 1901 winners, including 157 stakes winners that have earned $92,764,749 in stakes.

Foaled in 1998 Street Cry was a world class sire, he was by Machiaellian, the champion European two year old, he won both the Prix Morny Group1 at Deauville and the Prix Salamandre Group1 at Longchamp.

His dam, Helen Street, won the Irish Oaks, she by the Derby winner, Troy.

Street Cry - A great sire