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Heavens help La Virago

With nearly two years since her maiden win, four-year-old mare La Virago might have needed a stroke of divine intervention to secure her second victory in Hobart last Sunday.

The Sarah Cotton-trained mare notched a bookend double for the stable with a win in the final event on the nine-race card, edging out Baybougg by the barest of margins.

Among the owners of La Virago is the late Kerry Leighton, who lost a battle with Leukemia and passed away over the weekend. Kerry was a member of the Arniston Syndicate, which has raced several horses in Tasmania with success.

"Kerry and I have been racing horses since the 1980s," said Arniston Syndicate Manager Robert Mason.

"We had a horse called Arniston Castle with Allan Stubbs that won nine races, and we've had an interest with horses ever since then."

Kerry Leighton was a long-time supporter of racing in Tasmania and a servant of the Tasmanian Turf Club in Launceston.

"Kerry was the Secretary Manager of the Tasmanian Turf Club several years ago, so he also had an involvement in racing administration as well as being an owner," said Mason.

La Virago, from the mare Fille Ardente, is one of three siblings that the Arniston Syndicate has successfully raced in Tasmania.

"Fighting Floyd was the first, and then she produced Rohzhae. Following La Virago, we have an unraced three-year-old with Glenn Stevenson (Alpine Fury)."

Adding to the feel-good win of La Virago, the horse was strapped by the trainer's daughter Hannah Richards, having her first day at the races with a strapper's licence.

Richards, 14, was on the lead rope for both her mum's winners on the program, starting with The Last Hurrah in the opening race, before La Virago.

The drop in temperatures and the prospect of soft tracks will only be a positive for La Virago, who has notched both her wins on soft going.

"Troy (Baker, jockey) said the soft conditions helped her, so I would expect that we would look for races for her in Hobart over the next couple of months."


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