Mainland trainers have provided five of the 13 entries for Sunday’s Listed Hobart Guineas (2100m) at the Elwick racetrack.

Victorian trainer Anthony Freedman has opened the door for Caravaggio (Al Maher - Montana Downs, by Bluebird) to post his first stakes success in the $90,000 race after three straight wins in Victoria.

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mark Kavanagh has nominated the exciting staying prospect Meshmaker (Testa Rossa - She’s Double Gold, by Golden Missile) for the race after the gelding easily accounted for older opposition in Adelaide last time out.

Neil Walsh will test Zuma Roc (Rock Of Gibraltar - Medium Swing, by Celtic Swing) as a candidate Group 3 Tasmanian Derby in the Hobart Guineas.

Taichi Master ( 3 g Testa Rossa - Magical Sunday, by Sunday Silence) was expected to run well at Kranji on Sunday after an excellent second on debut on December 11 and he certainly did not disappoint his backers and connections.

Positioned just in behind behind the leading pair of Convict and Full Site by Danny Beasley, the son of Testa Rossa cruised past the leader at the top of the straight for a two-length win over Convict in the $65,000 Initiation-1 race over 1200m in the time of 1min 12.42.

“On his debut I gave him a very good chance as he ran second to a very good horse in Terminator,” said Beasley. “Bodywise, he’s still not quite there as he’s still a baby. But in six months’ time around July, I think he will turn into a very handy horse.”

Brown heaped praise on Beasley’s ride aboard the Testa Rossa three-year-old that sold for $140,000 as a yearling at the Melbourne Premier Sale. “Danny rode him well. He gave him the perfect ride in that spot and the horse did the rest,” said the Australian trainer.

“On his last run, I was expecting he would be hard to beat today as I think Donny’s (Baertschiger) horse (Terminator) is really good.”

Won’t Stop (4 g Testa Rossa - No Say) scored a strong win for trainer Leslie Khoo in the $95,000 Open Benchmark race over 1400m on the Short Course at Kranji on Friday evening.

After settling worse than midfield, the Michael Freedman-trained Cash Luck, a possible Dubai-bound runner for Singapore, had to be peeled out wide to get a clear run. Once he found daylight, he powered home and looked like he could overhaul Won’t Stop, who was stopping in the concluding stages, but the winning post came too early for him.

“The horse is such a fighter. Like his name says, he just won’t stop, especially when other horses come next to him.” winning jockey, apprentice Tengku Rehaizat said. “I bounced him out quickly to get a good position early. He was able to cross to the lead and from there, I just made sure he ran within his own steam. The horse did everything by himself. He fought on very bravely in the home straight.”

Won’t Stop, a former Malaysian-based sprinter, was at his first success on grass at Kranji and his grand first over 1400m. His previous three wins in Singapore were recorded on Polytrack (1100m to 1200m) but he did have two wins on grass in Malaysia to his name. 

The Testa Tossa four-year-old has amassed stakes earnings close to $265,000 for Madam Leong Phooi Yee and has been aimed by Khoo at this year’s Singapore Four-Year-Old Challenge, but not beyond the mile of the Patron’s Bowl (second Leg) on June 24.

Leading Caulfield trainer Mick Price continued his terrific record with progeny of Vinery Stud sires when Donovans (Testa Rossa - Malapert, by Encosta De Lago) posted a comfortable win in Friday’s Procon Developments Maiden (1200m) at Cranbourne.

Donovans made light of a wide barrier to become Price’s ninth success, and the second within six days, supplied by a Vinery Stud sire, including the stakes winners Testa My Patience (Testa Rossa - Entente Cordiale, by Jackson Square) and Proliferate (More Than Ready - Grand Prospect, by Flying Spur).

Donovans did not pass through a sales ring as a yearling. However, the four-year-old is a half-brother to the stakes winner Stokehouse (Anabaa - Malapert, by Encosta De Lago) and became the fourth winner from as many to race out of Malapert (Encosta De Lago - Brazenne, The Pug).

Vinery will offer a half-brother to Donovans by Excites (Danehill - Staging, by Success Express) at the upcoming 2012 Sydney Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Scone trainer has abandoned a New Zealand campaign for star mare Ortensia (Testa Rossa - Aerate’s Pick, by Picnicker).

Messara had enetered the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes winner for the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1200m) and Telegraph Handicap (1200m) double but a minor issue has forced him to shelve the trip.

“She’s had a minor setback but it is more a timing issue than the setback itself,” Messara told The Informant. “We couldn’t work her when we wanted to and she needed to have a strong gallop this week.

“That didn’t lead in to having her fit and ready to go so we’ve pulled the pin.”

Messara said Ortensia may have contracted a virus on the trip back to Scone after her Perth exertions but would be fit to race during the Melbourne autumn carnival.

“Plan B is probably to head towards one of the big races down in Melbourne,” Messara said. “One that Black Caviar isn’t in.”

A field of 14 has accepted for the major lead-up to the Group 2 Perth Cup (2400m), Saturday’s Group 2 C B Cox Stakes (Gr 2, 2200m) at Ascot.

The Patinack Farm-owned Saint Encosta (Encosta De Lago - St Katherine, by Barathea) is the sole eastern states representative in the Cox Stakes. The five-year-old earned the right to press on to the Perth Cup with his eye-catching second in the Listed J R A Trophy at Ascot on December 3.

The J R A Trophy winner Veracious (Systematic - Royal Lace, by Serheed) is not among the Cox Stakes acceptors but Saint Encosta will clash again with the fourth placegetter Double Barrel (Musketeer - Irwind, by Haulpak).

Below is the field for the Group 2 C B Cox Stakes at Ascot.

A field of 15 has accepted for Saturday’s Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot, which is the final Group 1 race in Australia for 2011.

Australia and New Zealand have hosted 31 Group 1 races to date this season. Fastnet Rock (Danehill - Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) has produced the winners of four Group 1 race in the first half of the 2011/12 term but does not have a runner in the Kingston Town Classic.

Vinery Stud stallion Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) has the chance to win his second Perth Group 1 race in a fortnight. Ortensia (Testa Rossa - Aerate’s Pick, by Picnicker) claimed the newly-promoted Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) while Ranger can atone for a luckless Railway Stakes run in the Kingston Town Classic.

Bradbury’s Luck (Redoute’s Choice - Skating, by At Talaq) scored his first Group 1 win as a sire in controversial fashion when Luckygray (Bradbury’s Luck - Damah Lady, by Mukaddamah) won the Railway Stakes on protest on November 19. Luckygray will have a chance to show his Railway Strakes win was no fluke.

Below is the final field for Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot. Perth Racing will conduct the barrier draw for the weight-for-age race on Wednesday.

Ortensia (6 m Testa Rossa - Aerate’s Pick, by Picknicker) stormed to Group 1 victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Burswood Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot.

Settled in midfield and away from the early speed, Craig Williams had Ortensia on the back of Rarefied into the straight and once in the clear, Ortensia sprinted to the lead, defeating Rarefied (Commands) by a length with Grand Nirvana (Scenic) the first of the local Perth runners close up in third place.

This is the second win in the race for Ortensia who won in 2009 when trained by Tony Noonan. She was retired after finishing unplaced in the Gr 1 Goodwood Handicap earlier but was put back into training with Paul Messara at Scone and is now unbeaten in two starts for her new trainer.

“When we semi-retired her I just thought there was something left, one run left,” part owner Alister Fraser explained. ”Tony did a great job with her but I sent her to Paul because he has the best training facilities in New South Wales. I just wanted to see her win again, I wanted her to go out on top. I thought she deserved to go out a winner.”

Ortensia won the Gr 1 Galaxy in 2010 but lost the race due to positive swab, attributed to contaminated feed. ”She’s always been a Group One mare in our eyes, she was awesome.” said Williams.

“She used the gate [2], they ran a tactical race up front and I had the horse that had the great acceleration at the end. It’s a great thrill to get that Group One back again.”

Consistent Vinery Stud stallion Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) will have two great chances to add to his two Group 1 winners at Saturday’s Ascot meeting.

Ascot will host Perth’s flagship race day on Saturday with the newly-promoted Winterbottom Stakes to join the time-honoured Railway Stakes on a Group 1 double bill.

Testa Rossa’s Group 2-winning daughter Ortensia (Testa Rossa - Aerate’s Pick, by Picknicker) will attempt to score a belated Group 1 win in the Winterbottom Stakes after 12 attempts at the highest level.

Ortensia was first past the post in the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) at Randwick in 2010 before losing the race weeks later after stewards disqualified her after the mare provided a positive urine sample.

Now with Scone trainer Paul Messara, Ortensia scored an impressive first-up win in the Listed G H Munn Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on November 3.

The Bob Peters-owned Ranger (Testa Rossa - Marrich Bay, by Old Spice) is among the favourite for the day’s other Group 1 feature, the Railway Stakes (1600m).

Ranger won the Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) last time out. The Grant Williams-trained five-year-old only needs luck drawing a barrier to be a genuine winning chance.

Both races carry $1 million in prizemoney with the barrier draws to be conducted on Tuesday at 5pm Perth time.

Click here for the fields for the Winterbottom Stakes and the Railway Stakes.

Promising gelding Testa My Patience (Testa Rossa - Entente Cordiale, by Jackson Square) became the 38^th individual stakes winner for Vinery Stud resident Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) with his impressive win in the Group 2 Crystal Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Testa My Patience settled just off the speed before outsprinting his opposition to score his seventh win from 14 starts in the $200,000 feature. The five-year-old’s trainer Mick Price said he would give Testa My Patience a shot at Group 1 level.

“He has to go to Flemington in two weeks’ time,” Price said.

“The Emirates (Stakes) so hopefully not too many good milers appear between now and then. He’s definitely a Group 1 chance there.”

Meanwhile, Waratah’s Secret (Oratorio - Blissfully, by Zabeel) earned the 10^th stakes win for Mungrup Stud-based sire Oratorio (Stravinsky - Express A Smile, by Success Express) with a hard-fought success in the Group 3 Prince Of Wales Stakes (1200m) at Ascot.

The David Harrison-trained five-year-old had a long head to spare over the consistent Grand Nirvana (Scenic - Paradise Park, by Bletchley Park).

Coolmore Stud’s Oratorio (Danehill - Mahrah, by Vaguely Noble) also produced a winner at Ascot when the promising two-year-old Miss Solis (Oratorio - Longoria, by Lujain) won the Westspeed 2YO Plate (1000m).

Vinery’s consistent line-up was among the winners again on Friday after More Than Ready (Southern Halo - Woodman’s Girl, by Woodman), Mossman (Success Express - Lichen Lady, by Twig Moss) and Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) combined for a winning treble.

The Vinery Stud residents earned the lion’s share of their trio of successes at the Canberra meeting. Setgo (More Than Ready - Laser Belle, by Spectrum) won the Peter Blackshaw Handicap (1000m) before the three-year-old Mossman filly Party Dress (Mossman - Villeroy, by Jugah) claimed the Skyview Windows Handicap (1000m).

Alcmene (Testa Rossa - Miss Spitfire, by Flying Spur) provided a Victorian leg to Vinery’s treble when the mare took out the Mix 101.1 Handicap (1527m) at Mornington.

More Than Ready (37), Mossman (34) and Testa Rossa (36) have produced the winners of 107 races this season. The tally includes six stakes successes between the three sires.

Meanwhile, Glenlogan mainstay Falvelon’s (Alannon - Devil’s Zephyr, by Zephyr Zing) season’s tally moved to 33 after the sire’s progeny earned him a winning double at Taree on Friday.

Rubypeeptoes (Falvelon - Belgium Shoes, by Catbird) claimed the Commercial Hotel Krambach Handicap (1600m) before Narcelo (Falvelon - Getting Personal, by Personal Flag) took out the Krambach Cup (1600m).

Centaine (Century - Rainbeam, by Vain) mare Ungaro (Centaine - Isla Bijou, by Noble Bijou) earned her eighth winner from eight foals to race when Heels (Pins - Ungaro, by Centaine) scored on debut at Nowra.

Warwick Farm trainer Gary Portelli made the trip to Nowra to educate the three-year-old filly, who did her part with a comfortable two-length win in the Courting Horse Of The Year Maiden (1200m).

Heels is a sister to the promising four-year-old Somepin Anypin (Pins - Ungaro, by Centaine). Ungaro has also produced the stakes winners Salsa (O’Reilly - Ungaro, by Centaine) and Rule Of Engagement (Danasinga - Ungaro, by Centaine).

Ungaro is a sister to the Group 1 winner Centisle (Centaine - Isla Bijou, by Noble Bijou) as well as the Group 2 performer Sylvaner (Danasinga - Isla Bijou, by Noble Bijou). Sylvaner is the dam of stakes winner Vesper (Zabeel - Isla Bijou, by Noble Bijou).

Meanwhile, Vinery’s consistent resident Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) provided the lion’s share of a treble for the Hunter Valley operation on Tuesday.

Red Hustler (Tests Rossa - Rose Sapphire, by Keltrice) won the Eastcoast Paint Handicap (1741m) at Sale before Destiny Express (Testa Rossa - Shoot The Stars, by Entrepreneur) claimed the Pallarenda Raceday 11/10 Handicap (1200m) at Townsville.

Cool Maverick (Dubleo - Centome, by Belong To Me) completed Vinery’s triple success with his win in the Robert Price Winning Trainer Handicap (1100m) at Nowra.

Vinery Stud resident Mossman (Success Express - Lichen Lady, by Twig Moss) produced his second feature sprint winner in seven days when Love Conquers All (Mossman - She’s A Meanie, by Prince Salieri) won the Group 2 The Shorts (1200m) at Rosehill.

Buffering (Mossman - Action Annie, by Anabaa) made a winning return to Melbourne in last Saturday’s Group 3 McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley before Love Conquers All’s Sydney success.

Love Conquers All won the Group 2 The Shorts at Rosehill for Vinery Stud sire Mossman

Jim Cassidy rode the Nick Moraitis-owned sprinter to his seventh win from 19 starts with The Shorts becoming the stallion’s fourth stakes victory for the Hawkes Racing operation.

“I told Jimmy to ride his own race - just keep him balanced. He got in a bit of a bumping duel but to the horse’s credit he found and that’s all you can ask for.

“He’s the kind of horse who often hits a little flat spot and then he keeps coming.

“He’s an older horse now and he’s still a bull. He’ll get a bit further now and hopefully he pulls up well and we can go forward.”

Love Conquers All’s success provided the highlight to a five-win day for Vinery Stud. The reliable sire Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) produced a treble that included the Peter Moody-trained mare Panipique (Testa Rossa - Our Quivira, by Spinning World) in the BMW Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield.

Testa Rossa has sired five of Moody’s 27 winners for the season.

Bel Danoro’s (Danehill - Bislotto, by Bellotto) first winner for the season provided the highlight of Vinery Stud’s terrific start to the week with four successes on a busy Monday for the Hunter Valley operation.

The Neville Layt-trained Bel Edition (Bel Danoro - Youthful Edition, by Youthful Legs) scored a narrow but promising debut win in the Jacob Park Thoroughbreds Maiden Plate (900m) at Queanbeyan.

Dubleo (Southern Halo - Secret Red, by Secretariat) made it on to the winner’s list at Muswellbrook after the Luke Griffith-trained Double Halo (Dubleo - Diamond Girl, by Luskin Star) claimed the Arrowfield Stud Handicap (1500m). Double Halo’s win was the fourth this season for Dubleo.

Stirring Emotion (Excites - Red Fever, by Red Tonto) scored her third win from eight starts after the three-year-old filly prevailed in a tight finish to the Sportofkings.com.au Country Plate (1280m) at Muswellbrook.

Stirring Emotion denied Dubleo a winning double after holding off Machiavelli (Dubleo - Milzeka, by Geiger Counter) completed a Vinery Stud quinella in the $10,000 race.

Testa Rossa

The ever-reliable Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) completed Vinery’s quartet of wins when the Darren Weir-trained three-year-old Most Husbands (Testa Rossa - No Say, by Celestial Dancer) won the TS Sand & Bobcat Maiden Plate (1200m) at Swan Hill.

Most Husbands’s win was Testa Rossa’s 13th, from 12 individual winners, in the first four weeks of the season.

Tough gelding Testascana (Testa Rossa - Tuscanna, by Snippets) became the 37^th individual stakes winner for consistent Vinery Stud sire with his win in the Listed Heatherlie Handicap (1700m) at Caulfield.

Testascana will always hold a special place in the Peter Moody stable after the five-year-old’s win at Flemington on July 23 completed the trainer’s first century of metropolitan winners. Testascana endeared himself further to the premier trainer with his game win from a midfield position.

“He has turned out to be a great little money spinner,” Moody said.

“He has had a pretty solid campaign but we probably have got to have a look again and see how he pulls up.

“Each time we have been to the races for the last couple, we thought this might have been it for the prep but he is very resilient.”

Testa Rossa sired 124 individual winners, who won 193 races, in Australia last season. The ever-reliable sire has started the new season well with eight individual winners of 11 races.

Testascana’s win was the second stakes success of the season for Testa Rossa, who will stand for $44,000 during the upcoming breeding season.

Veteran stallion Spinning World (Nureyev - Imperfect Circle, by Riverman) led the charge for Coolmore Stud with a double on Friday.

The 19-year-old sire produced winners in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Spinning Apple (Spinning World - Apprehensive, by Yeats) won the Indervon Caltex Handicap (1100m) at Pioneer Park while He’s No Mendican (Spinning World - Inclination, by Pauillac) posted a comfortable win in the Cloudnine Racing Maiden (1400m) at Bathurst.

Spinning World’s double took his season’s win tally to five. Spinning World is permanently based in Australia and will stand for $6600 during the upcoming breeding season.

Another Coolmore stallion, Oratorio (Danehill - Mahrah, by Vaguely Noble), continued his strong week with his fourth winner of the past six days when Sacred Music won the Cummins ADR80-03 Engines Maiden (1400m) at Pioneer Park.

Meanwhile, Australian-based sires Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) and Snippetson (Snippets - Snowdrift, by Polish Precedent) enjoyed success across the Tasman Sea with a winner each at Friday’s Oamaru meeting.

Three-year-old filly Dolly’s Wig (Snippetson - Buxom Babe, by Octagonal) produced Snippetson’s first New Zealand winner of the season with her win in the De Geest Constructions Maiden (1200m). Go Go Dingo (Testa Rossa - Happy Play, by Barathea) achieved the same feat for the Vinery Stud stallion with his win in the Glenmoa Farms Handicap (1400m).

Vinery stallion Testa Rossa has another major race winner to his name following the win in Macau last Saturday of World Fortune who won the Group 3 Summer Sand Challenge over 1700 metres at Taipa.

World Fortune (5 g Testa Rossa – Wingin’ A Prayer, by Raise A Stanza) enjoyed the run of the race and shot through along the inside  over the final 100 metres to win by a length and a quarter from Viva Hong Kong (Lemon Drop Kid), with Victory Admiral (Pride And Glory)  third.

World Fortune has now won seven races on the all weather for owner Zoe Yip and close to $3 Million HKD in prizemoney.

Testa Rossa (Perugino) is standing at $44,000 (inc GST) in 2011.

Patinack Farm-owned filly Pane In The Glass (Testa Rossa - Lyrics, by Bluebird) produced a big finish to break through for an overdue stakes win in Saturday’s Group 3 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Warwick Farm.

The daughter of outstanding Vinery Stud stallion Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) raced in the top echelon of juveniles last season.

Pane In The Glass finished in the placings in all of her seven two-year-old starts, running third in the Group 1 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) and Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) in the autumn.

Pane In The Glass came from well off the pace to win the Silver Shadow Stakes in a driving finish from Florentina (Redoute’s Choice - Celebria, by Peintre Celebre) and Streama (Stratum - Pensiamo, by Sovereign Red).

Pane In The Glass’s narrow win made the three-year-old the 33^rd individual Stakes winner for Testa Rossa. Patinack Farm pair just $32,000 for Pane In The Glass with the $75,000 winner’s cheque pushing the filly’s stakes tally to more than $620,000 from eight starts.

Pane In The Glass’s breakthrough win came at the end of a successful day for Testa Rossa. Leading Melbourne trainer Peter Moody prepared There’s Only One (Testa Rossa - Aunty Hilda, by Nassipour) to win at Moonee Valley while the Joe Pride stable produced Sienna Red (Testa Rossa - Seattle Red, by Red Ransom) to win earlier in the day at Warwick Farm.

Testa Rossa will stand at Vinery Stud for $44,000 (inc. GST) during the upcoming breeding season.

Champion Melbourne trainer Peter Moody praised the progeny of Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) after a double for the Vinery Stud sire propelled Moody to his first century of wins in a Melbourne season.

Moody joined Lee Freedman and David Hayes as the only men to have prepared 100 winners in Melbourne in a season.

Consistent three-year-old Sidecar (Testa Rossa - Brandy Cocktail, by Hennessy) claimed the Australian Lamb Company Handicap (1700m) before Testascana (Testa Rossa - Tuscanna, by Snippets) completed Moody’s epic milestone with his comfortable win in the Hanan Displays Handicap (1600m).

Testa Rossa was a big influence on Moody’s charge towards 100 wins. The stallion provided four of Moody’s last eight wins of the season, prompting the trainer to provide an endorsement of the sire’s qualities.

“I probably trained his first two good horses - Testafiable and Tereschenko, who won a Magic Millions Cup,” Moody said. “I have always had a bit of an attraction to the breed.

“They are just a good, tough, honest bread-and-butter breed.

“I had sort of typed him in as the Snippets of a decade ago or a decade and a half ago, a tough breed, bread-and-butter, get the job done sort of horse and you don’t have to pay big money for them.”

A double to prolific stallion Testa Rossa (Perugino - Do Dapper, by Sir Dapper) has led Vinery Stud to a treble for the third successive day on Friday.

Vinery has enjoyed a four days in which the Hunter Valley operation has produced 11 winners. Testa Rossa has produced five winners on his own since Tuesday while Dubleo (Southern Halo - Secret Red, by Secretariat) has notched four successes.

The in-form duo was among the winners again on Friday. Ruadhan (Testa Rossa - Mamzelle Perdita, by Vite Cheval) won the 83.9 FM Hot Country Handicap (1900m) while Talia Mia (Testa Rossa - Snippets Breeze, by Snippets) claimed the 93.9 Bay FM News Handicap (1100m) at the Geelong Synthetic meeting.

Dubleo earned his third win in 24 hours when Monnie’s Double (Dubleo - Monrich, by Monongahela) prevailed in a tight finish to the Wyong Rugby LC Group Maiden Handicap (1100m) at Wyong.

Meanwhile, Lyndhurst Stud stalwart Sequalo (Rustic Amber - Dash Around, by Bending Away) made a fast start to Friday’s Ipswich meeting with winners in the first two races of the day.

Amber Rae (Sequalo - Angelah Moon, by Monongahela) proved too speedy for her opposition in the Zupp’s Browns Plains Maiden Plate (800m) before the Liam Birchley-trained Sheeza Sort (Sequalo - Alexa Ray, by Shovhog) claimed the Craig’s Engineering Maiden Handicap (1020m) in convincing fashion.