Better
Than Ready is not the only young Queensland first season sire posting winners
this season with Whittington adding a third to his tally following a debut
victory at Wagga on Friday for Washington Towers.
Trained at Canberra by Todd Smart, Washington Towers was specced at long odds
and led all the way to win the 1000 metre maiden by a neck over the heavily
backed favourite Redicon, a flashy chestnut son of Deep Field.
Washington Towers was a $62,500 Inglis Ready to Race purchase from the
Lionheart Thoroughbreds draft for Tod Smart, who is hoping to secure a start in
the $2million Inglis Millennium on February 9 for his talented colt.
He is the fifth winner from Gee Trump, a half-sister to Group III winner Sam
Sung a Song from the family of dual Group I winner Global Glamour.
Washington Towers is the third winner for Tale of the Cat (USA) stallion
Whittington, a brilliant winner of the Listed ATC Breeders Plate that stands at
Grandview Stud in Queensland at a fee of $6,600.
Whittington covered his biggest book of 107 mares last spring.