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The Australian
09-08-2025
- Sport
- The Australian
Fairytale Queensland mare Adiella recovering from staph infection
Elite Queensland mare Adiella is recovering from a nasty staph infection and won't be back at the races until next year. Adiella was last seen winning the $500,000 Magic Millions National Classic at Eagle Farm during the Queensland winter carnival and was then set to line up as a fairytale Group 1 Tatt's Tiara contender for her Toowoomba hobby trainer John Dann. But Adiella didn't take her place in the Group 1 as she banged her back leg and suffered bruising and swelling in the week of the race. One thing led to another. 'It turned really toxic ... she got a staph infection in her joint and things weren't good there for a while,' Dann said. 'We are getting her over that infection, we seem to have got on top of it and next week she will go to the paddock for eight weeks. 'The vets are happy enough with her and they say she will race again but that won't be this year.' * Cane fields walk steels trainer for Townsville Cup assault Trainer John Dann (second from left). Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. Meanwhile, Dann is hoping to strike a blow with Quothquan in Saturday's $150,000 Townsville Cup (2000m). Quothquan was one of the leading fancies in the Mackay Cup last month but didn't have any luck and finished fourth. * 'We have become a force': Costa extends Dubai 'adventure' The gelding has drawn barrier 11 in the Townsville Cup and TAB fixed odds has him listed as a $7 chance. 'This horse can't draw a good barrier, so we are hoping there is a bit of speed so he can tuck in somewhere in the run,' Dann said. 'It's probably no stronger than the Mackay Cup. 'We had a tough run in the Mackay Cup, we were four and five-wide for the trip. 'We have got another bad barrier to deal with, but if he has some luck this time he will be in the finish. 'He has done well since the Mackay Cup where he had a horror run.'
News.com.au
09-08-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Hobby trainer John Dann savours last-to-first Townsville Cup triumph
Toowoomba hobby trainer John Dann produced a Queensland winter carnival wonder and ventured further north to be the king of Townsville on Saturday. Dann's gelding Quothquan stormed home from last to produce a monster win in the $150,000 Townsville Cup, scoring revenge after having a luckless run in the Mackay Cup a fortnight earlier. Quothquan had been trapped wide in the Mackay Cup and Dann feared the six-year-old might have his work cut out again in the Townsville Cup from a double-digit barrier. Former Kiwi hoop Dylan Turner had Quothquan back last, but some of his rivals were speeding along up front and it gave him his chance to swoop over the top of them. Dann only has a handful of horses and he juggles that with operating a successful truck repair and services company which has 100 employees. He has enjoyed a year to remember with his horses, having fairytale mare Adiella score the $500,000 Magic Millions National Classic at Eagle Farm during the winter carnival. Adiella then had a major setback and is now recovering from a nasty staph infection and she will not be seen again at the races until next year. But Quothquan's dominant two-length Townsville Cup romp put a wide smile on Dann's face. 'It wasn't our plan to be that far back,' Dann said. 'But they were cracking along up front and going fast and when he was that far off them, it probably suited him. 'Dylan let him slide and he was doing it under his own steam and he won easily. 'I got Dylan to ride because he has the same manager as Cobi Vitler who I use a bit. 'He rode the horse really well and it was a terrific result for us.' It's Quothquan right down the outside in the 2025 Townsville Cup! ðŸ�† @RaceQLD â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) August 9, 2025 Quothquan started $6.50 and zoomed home over Sir Grace ($8.50) and Smart Legend ($6.50) as $5 favourite Beau Rain finished a disappointing 13th in the 2000m Cup. In the Magic Millions Townsville Guineas QTIS 4YO Handicap (1609m), Smart Mission was strongly backed to be $3.40 favourite but threw it all away at the start when he tried to buck jump. Jockey Lacey Morrison was lucky to stay in the saddle and somehow managed to settle the gelding back in the field but was left with far too much work to do to be a factor in the final stages. Meanwhile, Mackay galloper Obligated ($9.50) unleashed a powerful run in the straight and won easily under jockey Ash Butler. Lyle Wright-trained Obligated had made his name winning over nippy sprint trips, but found the mile of the Guineas was no issue. In the sprint feature, the $100,000 Cleveland Bay, Speed Legend left it until the final strides to get home over the top of Cherry Rose as two of the favoured runners fought out the finish.
News.com.au
08-08-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Fairytale Queensland mare Adiella recovering from ‘toxic' staph infection
Elite Queensland mare Adiella is recovering from a nasty staph infection and won't be back at the races until next year. Adiella was last seen winning the $500,000 Magic Millions National Classic at Eagle Farm during the Queensland winter carnival and was then set to line up as a fairytale Group 1 Tatt's Tiara contender for her Toowoomba hobby trainer John Dann. But Adiella didn't take her place in the Group 1 as she banged her back leg and suffered bruising and swelling in the week of the race. One thing led to another. 'It turned really toxic ... she got a staph infection in her joint and things weren't good there for a while,' Dann said. 'We are getting her over that infection, we seem to have got on top of it and next week she will go to the paddock for eight weeks. 'The vets are happy enough with her and they say she will race again but that won't be this year.' Meanwhile, Dann is hoping to strike a blow with Quothquan in Saturday's $150,000 Townsville Cup (2000m). Quothquan was one of the leading fancies in the Mackay Cup last month but didn't have any luck and finished fourth. The gelding has drawn barrier 11 in the Townsville Cup and TAB fixed odds has him listed as a $7 chance. 'This horse can't draw a good barrier, so we are hoping there is a bit of speed so he can tuck in somewhere in the run,' Dann said. 'It's probably no stronger than the Mackay Cup. 'We had a tough run in the Mackay Cup, we were four and five-wide for the trip. 'We have got another bad barrier to deal with, but if he has some luck this time he will be in the finish. 'He has done well since the Mackay Cup where he had a horror run.'
