Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 21 December 2017

A stakes-winner at Flemington during the Spring Carnival, Hellova Street was a short priced favourite to win the $100,000 Listed Tasmanian stakes at Launceston on Wednesday evening, but had to settle for third place behind Wordsmith's classy daughters Gee Gees Top Notch and Gee Gees Goldengirl.

A stakes-winner at two and placed in the Strutt Stakes and Tasmanian Guineas at three, the Leon Wells trained five year-old did best in a thrilling finish to win the 1600 metre feature by a neck after finishing third in the Listed Conquering Stakes to boom sprinter I'm Wesley two weeks ago.

"The other horse (Hellova Street) had a hard campaign in Melbourne and is a very good horse, but I thought she could be the one to beat," Wells said.

"She was the leading two-year-old, a leading three-year-old and was just looking for a couple of lengths as a four-year-old.

"Even in foal now she'sracing very well, so the hormones must be kicking about in the right place and it was a beautiful ride by Craig as well."

Winning rider Craig Newitt said a recent change in riding tactics appears to be paying dividends

"She's been a consistent mare all her life and we've found a new way to ride her, which is a bit quieter," he said. "She moved into the race really nice and had a really good turn of foot coming around the corner and into the home straight."

A homebred for Paul and Elizabeth Geard, Gee Gees Top Notch has the overall record of 10 wins and 13 placings from 37 starts with prizemoney topping $356,000.

She is the lone winner to date for Danehill Dancer (IRE) mare Himstedt, who has a two year-old filly by Wordsmith and foaled again to the son of Testa Rossa this spring.

In foal to AJC Derby and Epsom Handicap winner Clangalang, Gee Gees Top Notch is one of four stakes-winners for Wordsmith, who stands at a fee of $5,500.

1 -Perkins (2)

4g Olympic Glory x Tennessee Sunrise

Ms A Fulton / S Tsaikos 10/1

1 -Wild Style (7)

4m Wordsmith x Be Prepared

Sigrid Carr / Sigrid Carr 4/1

3 - Fun 'n' Frolic (9)

3f Mawingo x Frolicked

Cameron Thompson / T Baker 15/2

1 -And Beyond (1)

4g Wordsmith x Privada

K & T Hanson / Kyle Maskiell 7/2

2 - Reward Achiever (9)

4m Anacheeva x Tintoretto

G J Stevenson / Codi Jordan 7/1

3 - Coronation Keith (2)

4g Puissance De Lune x Coronation Crystal

Sigrid Carr / T Baker 15/8

1 -Gee Gee Manpower (3)

4g Wordsmith x Miss Mana

S Gandy / Kyle Maskiell 4/1

2 - Son Of Faith (5)

9g Keep The Faith x Star Jeune

Dylan Clark / A Darmanin 15/2

3 - So Astounding (4)

5g So You Think x Astounded

Tegan Keys / D Pires 7/4

1 -Rhode Away (3)

6g All American x Holly Go Lightly

I D Hay / Codi Jordan 10/1

2 - Need A Gin (1)

4g Needs Further x Vickers

Adam Trinder / A Darmanin 7/2

3 - Encosta Fiorente (6)

4m Fiorente x Encosta De Legend

J F Luttrell / S Tsaikos 20/1

1 -Supalopo (5)

4g Needs Further x Molopo

Adam Trinder / B Mc Coull 6/4F

2 - Lucky Lil (10)

5m Master Of Design x Natural Lil

Scott Brunton / A Darmanin 7/1

3 - Gee Gee Flash Too (12)

4g Clangalang x La Quita

S Gandy / Sigrid Carr 20/1

1 -Alfie All Talent (1)

5g Decides x My Missy Rose

Sarah Cotton / T Baker 7/2

2 - Herman's Bells (3)

5g Master Of Design x Moonah Bells

G S White / A Darmanin 7/4

3 - Holy Diamond (6)

6g I Am Invincible x Salila

Rowan Hamer / Ismail Toker 13/2

1 -Queen's Needs (6)

5m Needs Further x Queen's Own

Scott Brunton / Codi Jordan 20/1

2 - Hannah's Song (5)

5m Your Song x Tattyam

Sigrid Carr / Sigrid Carr 5/2

3 - Artuso (2)

4g Tough Speed x Royal Fling

Ms L Gaffney / Ianish Luximon 7/2

1 -Sh'bourne Renegade (1)

4g Wordsmith x Malandrina

Bill Ryan / B Mc Coull 7/2

2 - Ethical Dilemma (3)

5g Shamus Award x Miss Ethics

P H Luttrell / T Baker 5/1

3 - Banstead (4)

6g Zacinto x Variation

Scott Brunton / D Pires 9/2

Mark Smith - Sunday August 1