Leeston owners Hamish Scott and his wife, Dr Kim Lawson, continued a run of success with the wins of Lionsixchristiansnil and Linel at the Nelson meeting yesterday.
Scott and Lawson had won with Bella Arden at Rangiora last Monday, Rojam Cullen at Roxburgh on Tuesday and Scot's Courage at Cromwell on Thursday.
Lionsixchristiansnil, Bella Arden, Rojam Cullen and Scot's Courage are trained at Leithfield Beach by Robbie Holmes. Lionsixchristiansnil was driven by the stable junior driver, Robbie Close.
Linel is trained at West Melton by Martin Larter, who has a share in the ownership.
• Zealous Lady has picked up where her half-brother left off with a winning double at the Nelson meeting. Her half-brother, Buster Keaton, won his last start at Richmond Park in June 2009 for trainer Margo Nyhan. That was among seven wins for the Sundon gelding.
Zealous Lady (by Brylin Boyz) has won four races for Nyhan and co-owner, Garry Clarke, of Dunedin.
He is the trainer of Woman In Black and Laughing Holme.
Woman In Black, who won on the first day, is raced by Ashburton breeders Mark Lemon and his mother-in-law, Pam Kingston.
She is a 4yr-old by Courage Under Fire from Feisty Woman, who won five races when trained by O'Reilly for the same owners.
"I will probably keep her [Woman In Black] to fillies and mares races now, as she has come through the grades fairly quickly," O'Reilly said.
Laughing Holme is raced by the Longbush syndicate, which has had a long association with O'Reilly.
"My first winning drive, Yellow Ribbon [Motukarara, October 1982] was owned by the Longbush syndicate and they have had horses with me since I started training," O'Reilly (46) said.
"Two of the members of the syndicate are from Nelson and that is why the horse came here to race."
The syndicate raced Keytoourdreams, the winner of 10 races including the 2007 Kurow Cup, before being sold to the United States.
