Word For Word Hits Right Key At Rosehill

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Former New Zealand Prime has celebrated his second win in the space of a week with Word For Word diving in the final bound to land an overdue victory.

Just days earlier, Key and his wife Lady Bronagh reportedly secured more than $6 million for the sale of their luxury Sydney harbour apartment.

Sir John, who stepped down as in 2016, is a part-owner of Word For Word along with former cricketer Terry Jarvis who played 13 Tests for New Zealand.

Word For Word showed staying promise as a three-year-old but has struggled to find the winner's circle since breaking her maiden in April last year.

Trainer was happy to see her get the job done in Saturday's New To Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill, the mare powering late to nail favourite Bound To Win by a short half-head.

“She was running in all the lead-ups to the Oaks a year ago. She hasn't gone missing, but she has been a bit disappointing,” Waller said.

“She hasn't gone to that next level.

“But she is back on track and she has been picking up some good prize money when she's not winning.”

Word For Word was ridden by , who was later slapped with a $1500 fine by stewards for breaching the number of times he was allowed to the mare with the whip before the 100m mark.

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