Wordsmith Filly Makes it Four From Four

Mark Smith - Monday February 8

Sent off an unbackable 1/10 favourite in Monday's Listed Elwick Stakes (1100m) Gee Gee Double Dee gave her supporters a scare before keeping her record at a perfect four for four.

Ridden by apprentice Sigrid Carr for Brighton trainers Leon, Dean and Trent Wells the giant daughter of Wordsmith prevailed by half a length over Mariah's Magic (Magic Albert) with Miss Two Pairs (Tough Speed) a length away in third.

"There was obviously a lot more going on around her here today. You've got the screens on the inside and the tents on the outside," Carr said.

Wordsmith"A little bit went on early and it might have put her off her game a tad. I had to encourage her, I wouldn't say really ask her, along and at the same time, her ears were flicking.

"I felt like she was still only going about 80 percent."

Co-trainer Leon Wells said the two-year-old still has to grow into her body.

"She'll just keep on improving. She's a massive racehorse and she'll just go onwards," Wells said.

"If she's got a downfall, she's too lackadaisical. She walks around like a 10-year-old, which is very good for a baby."

Wells said the Listed Gold Sovereign (1200m) at Launceston on February 24 would be Gee Gee Double Dee's next run.

A homebred for Paul and Elizabeth Geard, Gee Gee Double Dee advances her record to four wins from as many starts for earnings of $97,650.

It was the first stakes win for the daughter of Wordsmith who is a sister to prolific winner Geegees Doublejay.

Her dam Josies Double (West Quest) was purchased by the Geards for $8,500 at the 2004 Magic Millions Yearling sale.

She won just one of her 19 starts but is paying her way as a broodmare.  Her dam Josie Velez (Double Income) won seven times in Melbourne and Tasmania and her stakes-placed dam Taberer (Twig Moss) is a granddaughter of Group III winner Quseir (Jacambre) who placed in the Group 1 South Australian Oaks.

A Group III winning son of Testa Rossa, Wordsmith has five lots catalogued for the Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling sale beginning on February 18.

 

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