RACING: Glazebrook's run of wins continues

JOHN JENKINS
The successful run being enjoyed by Hawke's Bay thoroughbred breeder Judy Glazebrook continued when Proof scored at last Friday's Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting at Riccarton.
It was the third individual winner in the space of a month bred by Glazebrook in partnership with her Christchurch-based sister Jill Gould. The others have been Courageous Belle and Night Life.
Glazebrook and Gould own three broodmares, Dolly Disaster, Skylarking and Night And Day and they both sell and race their progeny.
Dolly Disaster and Skylarking descend from the great mare Leilani, who was bred by Glazebrook's father, Ian MacRae, and went on to include an AJC Oaks and a Caulfield Cup among her 14 wins.
Night And Day is from the family of the VRC Derby winner Bounty Hawk.
Proof is a five-year-old mare by Maroof out of Dolly Disaster and was sold as a yearling for $12,000 to Hawke's Bay's John Duncan.
He initially raced her from the Matamata stable of Katrina Alexander and she won a maiden race for him at Te Aroha. Duncan has since leased the mare out to a group of people in the South Island and she has gone on to win three more races for them.
Ridden by Brian Hibberd, Proof dictated the pace in the $8000 Riccarton Turf Club Founders Handicap (1800m) last Friday and held out the challenge of favourite Final Reality to win by three-quarters of a length.
Dolly Disaster, who is by Twenty Four Karat, has had eight foals to the races and seven of them have won. Glazebrook and Gould offered a yearling colt by Minardi out of Dolly Disaster and this month's Karaka yearling sales but the colt was passed in.
They now intend to have the horse prepared for either the South Island sale later in the year or next season's two-year-old Ready To Run sale.
Proof was one of two Hawke's Bay-bred winners at last Friday's Canterbury meeting, the other being the former Hastings-trained Royal Lady in the $6000 Hornby Workingmens Club Handicap (2000m).
Royal Lady was having her first start for Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman after she and Benidouna were transferred south from Guy Lowry's Hastings stable last month.
Benidouna has also had one start for Pitman, finishing second over 1400m at Wingatui a couple of weeks ago.
Royal Lady is owned by Sam and Birdie Kelt in partnership with Sam's sister Sue Foote and her husband Stuart.
The Stravinsky mare is out of the 1995 Auckland Cup winner Royal Tiara and has now won two races from 14 starts.
Jockey Darryl Bradley gave Royal Lady the perfect trail, just in behind the leader, until the home turn in last Friday's race before kicking her clear.