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First Group winner for Glass Harmonium

Glass Warrior battles to Launceston Cup victory

Glass Warrior. Picture: Tasracing.com.au,
Glass Warrior. Picture: Tasracing.com.au,

Former Blue Gum Farm resident Glass Harmonium (Verglas) was provided with his first Group winner on Wednesday as his daughter Glass Warrior (5 m ex Hissy Miss by Golden Snake) came out on top of a thrilling battle to win the Launceston Cup (Gr 3, 2400m). 

The five-year-old mare was last seeing running seventh in the Hobart Cup (Gr 3, 2400m), but she put that performance behind her, staying on bravely to prevail in a blanket finish, beating Sh'bourne Renegade (Wordsmith) by a nose, while White Hawk (Tough Speed) was the same distance away in third. 

“I want to watch the replay because I still can’t believe she won,” trainer John Blacker told Tasracing.com.au.

“I had to step back for a minute and take some deep breaths after the race because I got a bit emotional.

“I told the owners when this mare was a young horse that she was a genuine stayer and that we could win a major cup down the track, and she almost did that last season.”

A winner of the Launceston Guineas (Listed, 2100m) in 2019, Glass Warrior is out of unraced Golden Snake (Danzig) mare Hissy Miss, who has produced two other winners. 

Further back this is the same pedigree as Listed-winning duo Saratoga’s Music (Tactical Cat) and Awesome Rhythm (Toccet). 

Hissy Miss foaled a filly foal by Darley shuttler Frosted (Tapit) and was covered by Fiorente (Monsun) last spring.

Glass Warrior is Glass Harmonium’s only stakes winner and he covered just one mare in 2020.


Racing and Sports

Launceston Wednesday, 24th February 2021

1m3f205y TURF GOOD
AUD $250,000

Ladbrokes Launceston Cup (G3)

AUD $250,000
Type: OPEN
1m3f205y TURF GOOD
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 7. GLASS WARRIOR (AUS) 5yo M
GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE) - HISSY MISS (AUS)
SIGRID M CARR
JOHN BLACKER
$17
54kg
R P Hammond, Mrs M L Gunn, Ms J L Dadson, D R Anderson, Mrs K Anderson, P C Bennett, M G Baker, R W Cooke, T J Bennett & J K Blacker
2nd 11. SH'BOURNE RENEGADE (AUS) 4yo G
WORDSMITH (AUS) - MALANDRINA (AUS)
JOE BOWDITCH
BILL RYAN
$67
54kg
Ms M M Brosnan, B J Powe, J P Gardner, C I Lovell, Mrs K J Curtis-Flynn, Mrs E Flynn, P A Lowery, J Millwood, M J Fordham, Ms K Goodwin, Mrs C V Fordham, B J Gore, P J Davey, R M B Bennett, Mrs L Bennett, M G Baker, Mrs E A Nichols, Ms MJ Johnson, S F Swain & C Condon
3rd 9. WHITE HAWK (AUS) 7yo G
TOUGH SPEED (USA) - WHITE YARD (AUS)
STAN TSAIKOS
ANGELA BRAKEY
$61
54kg
Mrs A M Brakey & Mrs M L Gunn
4th 5. BARADE (FR) 6yo G
HAVANA GOLD (IRE) - STATIA (FR)
BRENTON AVDULLA
ARCHIE ALEXANDER
$3
54.5kg

Sales Information

5th 12. SUPALOPO (AUS) 4yo G
NEEDS FURTHER (AUS) - MOLOPO (AUS)
JEFF PENZA
ADAM TRINDER
$11
54kg
6th 8. CLASSIC WEIWEI (AUS) 5yo G
SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - BENEVOLENT (NZ)
CRAIG NEWITT
T & C MCEVOY
$8.5
54kg

Sales Information

7th 10. QUEEN LA DIVA (AUS) 5yo M
SNIPPETSON (AUS) - FLYING DIVA (AUS)
BLAIKE MCDOUGALL
SCOTT BRUNTON
$26
54kg

Sales Information

8th 1. DOUBLE YOU TEE (AUS) 6yo G
WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - KANDY KORN (AUS)
JYE MCNEIL
PATRICK PAYNE
$4.75
59kg

Sales Information

9th 2. CAPTAIN COOK (GB) 8yo G
DUBAWI (IRE) - CANDA (USA)
BRENDON MCCOULL
CHARLIE GOGGIN & LUELLA MEABURN
$17
58kg

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10th 4. RUNAWAY (AUS) 6yo R
MANHATTAN RAIN (AUS) - CATSHAAN (AUS)
SAM CLIPPERTON
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$6
56.5kg

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11th 13. GENERALMAINTENANCE (AUS) 6yo G
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - VERTEFEUILLE (AUS)
TROY BAKER
JOHN BLACKER
$201
54kg

Sales Information

12th 3. TOORAK AFFAIR (AUS) 7yo M
TOORAK TOFF (AUS) - SMOOTH RETURN (AUS)
ANTHONY DARMANIN
MICHAEL TRINDER
$11
58kg

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