Last Saturday was a special one for the father-daughter training combination of Richard and Chantelle Jolly, who brought up their 500th winner together with a double on the Parks track at Morphettville.
The Jollys reached the milestone with four-year-old gelding Kalmana ($2.90 favourite), who led all the way under Caitlin Jones in the 0-62 Sportsbet More Places Handicap (1400m). 
Earlier, the Jollys had the honour of preparing the first two-year-old winner of the season when Tagaloa filly Miss Parton ($8.50) led throughout under three-kilo claimer Caitlyn Munro in the Sportsbet Green Tick Two-Year-Old Plate (1000m). 
The $2.05 favourite, All Too Hard gelding Hard Copy, made it a quinella for the stable. 
Chantelle Jolly didn’t attend Saturday’s meeting as she and partner Jake Toeroek (who rode Hard Copy) are expecting their first baby this month.  
The Jolly training dynasty, founded by Richard’s father Peter Jolly and including Richard’s brother David, will welcome a new member next season when Richard’s son James starts training.
Failure can be sweet
A failed vet test continued to reap dividends for Morphettville trainer Stuart Gower when Confucious Flyer ($1.22 favourite) took the 0-64 Beyond Bank Handicap (1000m) at the Parks meeting. 
With Noel Callow aboard, Confucious Flyer got out to a commanding joint lead with Super Wonder before unleashing at the 200-metre mark to win by five lengths and set a new track record of 55.82, smashing the previous mark of 56.71 set by Star Hills in 2020. 
Gower said post-race that he was very lucky to have the horse, whose failed fitness test last year prevented a proposed sale to Hong Kong interests, with James Cummings likely to have been the Doubtland gelding’s trainer.
Confucious Flyer has now had three starts for a debut second to Prestige Lucky (a subsequent Bendigo winner who remains unbeaten) and two odds-on Adelaide wins by a combined margin of nine lengths.
Fertier is flying
Murray Bridge trainer Hazel Fertier kept up her dream run when she brought up her second metropolitan winner with Intimus ($4.20) at the Parks meeting. 
Piloted by Teagan Voorham, Intimus led all the way to give Fertier her fourth winner from 26 starters overall since taking out her licence at the start of the season but her third from four starters since October 28.
The following day, Surprise Coming ($17) ran a solid fourth for her in the feature Ararat Bowl.
Happy day for Healy
The win of Stomp’em ($21) in the benchmark 68 Claude Haigh Memorial Handicap for colts, geldings and entires (1250m) at the Parks meeting was part of a big day for Darwin/Strathalbyn trainer Kym Healy. Jade Doyle was the winning rider. 
Healy trained four of the six winners at Alice Springs last Saturday, winning the first three races with Supreme Valkyrie, Real Valentia, Limited Risk and later in the day with Vatican Rose.
Stalker strikes
Gordon Richards and Damien Moyle drew level with Phillip and Tommy Stokes at the top of the Adelaide trainers’ premiership when The Stalker ($11) led all the way under apprentice Isaac Sit to win last Saturday’s benchmark 86 Mary Ford 90th Birthday Handicap (1250m). 
Mary Ford is the sister of Jack Baker, the 17-year-old apprentice who rode Phar Lap to his first win in 1929. 
Mary, who attended the Morphettville meeting last Saturday, works to preserve memorabilia surrounding her brother’s historic day.
Topping result
Gawler trainer and pizza restaurateur George Dimitropoulos is glad he held on to veteran gelding Willybeafactor.
Dimitropoulos had offered the 10-year-old for sale online but the best bid was $4000 so he decided to give the old-timer another campaign.
The decision paid off when Willybeafactor ($26) resumed with a victory last Saturday under apprentice Rose Hammond in the benchmark 70 77th Annual Legacy Race Day Handicap (1400m). The winner’s cheque was for $30,000.
Grant to say goodbye
Grant Mayer, chief executive of the SAJC for the past nine years, will relinquish the position at the end of the season.