Saturday was the biggest day of racing in the Goldfields, and Kalgoorlie Cup Day proved a fruitful day for the owners of the 5yo mare Laquetta’s Gift after she took out the Graduation event over 1300m. Trained in Kalgoorlie by Peter Fernie, Laquetta’s Gift has had four runs there and has run well in each of them. Although luckless in her first three starts, on Saturday she got a great ride from top jockey William Pike, had the race run to suit, and she finished right over the top of them to win narrowly in an exciting finish that had the crowd on their toes and her owners jumping for joy!
This was the fifth win for Laquetta’s Gift, and along with 8 other placings, she’s now won over $186,000 in prizemoney whcih is a pretty good result for a very modest $6,000 yearling purchase.
With no more suitable races for her left in Kalgoorlie now, she’ll continue her preparation in Perth with Stephanie Bakranich.