Former Victorian harness racing mare Laforce has proven to be a good money spinner for her new owners since arriving in Tasmania in August last year.
Laforce had won twice from 17 start in her home state when she arrived at Paul Ashwood's Brighton stables but it didn't take her long to recoup her purchase price of $5500.
The mare won at her second start for her new owners who include the trainer and his wife Paige Ashwood and their son Alex who was the one who suggested they buy the mare.
Laforce won again in early December but those early wins in her adopted state were nothing compared to what she did to her rivals at Carrick where she powered home to score by 24 metres from Rockbank Dancer in a strong C1-C2 event over 2150 metres.
The mare made it back-to-back wins in a C2-C3 race over 2090 metres in Hobart last Friday night where she defeated the long odds-on favourite Tales of the City ($1.30) coming from well back on the home turn.
"This mare has done a great job since she's came to Tassie and it's probably time to let her go," Ashwood said.
"The plan all along was to win a couple and move her on so she is on the market at $9000 and that's a very good price given she can probably win another couple here in Tassie and then go to Melbourne and win an M0," he said.
Laforce is entered for the $10,000 Matron Stakes for mares in Hobart on Sunday night over 2090 metres and while it is a steep rise in class it is only a small field of six with the in-form Angel or Demon the likely favourite given her recent wins in the Coastal Pacing Thousand at Devonport and in a C3-C4 in Launceston last Sunday week.
Peter Staples