February Wrap

Four-year-old mare Talapega capped a great month for the stable with her all-the-way win at Warwick Farm this week.
Her success gave Greg his third winner in the space of 12 days following victories by Nothin' Leica King at Canterbury earlier this month and two-year-old Wishwyn at Wyong on Sunday.
Talapega's debut triumph was particularly special as she is from the same family as Royal Purler who gave Greg his first Group One win when she defeated Victory Vein to win the Group One Flight Stakes at Randwick in 2002.
It was also just reward for her owner John Starr who has never lost faith in the daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus despite her early career setbacks.
"John has been very patient. She had bad knees and kept going shin sore but he was happy to give her the time she needed," Greg said.
"She's from the Royal Purler family so that made her win extra special."
Greg will look for another midweek city race for Talapega.

Wishwyn, the two-year-old had shown ability in his trial and took that to the track when he raced on the speed at Wyong and kicked clear in the straight to post a solid win.
"He's pulled up well at this stage, but I feel he needs to mature and may now go for a spell.," Greg said.
The stable has now had six metropolitan winners this season, ranking Greg among the top 20 trainers in the state and the top ten based on strike rate.
He will have a rare quiet day on Saturday with no runners at Rosehill or Kembla Grange but with plenty of meetings scheduled in the coming weeks the stable is looking forward to keeping their winning momentum rolling into March.