The superstar mare was due to have a foal by leading sire Mach Three born via surrogate last month, but the surrogate mare slipped late in the pregnancy.

The foal would have been arguably the best bred of the year and would have attracted six figures in the unlikely event Kelly and wife Dianne wanted to sell it.

A Harnesslink report stated the surrogate mare had literally lost the foal after its birth, but Kelly was adamant the mare slipped while carrying the foal.

"The mother lost her foal in the paddock and I didn't go searching to find it as I could see that she'd slipped it," he said.

"She was about a month off foaling and she slipped it - simple as that - without going into all that other bulldust."

The death of the eagerly awaited foal was shattering news for connections, and reports suggesting the foal had met another demise have upset the Kellys.

Breeding horses since the 1950s, Kelly labelled the loss of the valuable foal as "a crying shame".

"It was one of those things that happen every now and again," he said.

"I knew it was aborted and there was nothing you could do and I wasn't that keen to go look at a dead foal."

Frith resumed work on Monday for trainer-driver Bruce Harpley, who has set the group one Ladyship Mile in March as her next big target.

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WONDER pacer Two Eye See has been retired by Young-based owner Jackie Gibson.

A group one winner at two, the son of Ambro Operative is famous for racing with one eye following a paddock accident as a foal.

He finished sixth behind Mark Dennis in a group three in his last race on Saturday night.

Winning 20 of his 50 starts and earning more than $300,000 in prizemoney, Two Eye See will spend his retirement at Gibson's Success Stud.

Besides his group one win in the Kevin Seymour Nursery Pace in 2009, the gelding was placed twice in group one company and scored group two wins - as a two-year-old in the Linden Huntly and as a older horse in the Baby Bling Championship.

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ALITTLE Bit Frosty and Ezycome Ezygo both scored back-to-back wins after saluting at Shepparton on Saturday night.

The Kim Hillier-trained two were both successful in their trip south, with Ezycome Ezygo now unbeaten since joining the Yanco stable.

Sitting behind the leader, he was able to find room in the straight to score by 2.5 metres.

His stablemate won the next race, using the sprint lane to run down leader Tenfour by a half neck.

Albury trainer Chris Chant then got into the action as a wayward Elroy Jetson scored on his Australian debut.

The New Zealand-bred pacer shifted down the track when going past the Shaun Snudden-trained Soo Special in the home straight.

Soo Special was severely checked, but did manage to comfortably hold second place.

Daniel Jack was handed a two-week suspension following the incident.

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YOUNG trainer Kevin Powderly and Wagga driver Shane Hallcroft enjoyed success at Parkes on Saturday night.

The pair combined with Kenny Cracker to win the last event on the program.

The win was the four-year-old's third in 22 starts, all of which have come in the past five months.

Hallcroft also finished second with Miss Bumpers for Old Junee trainer Justin Field.

In a busy week for the Wagga trainer-driver, Hallcroft took four horses to Menangle on Monday, with Keys Tothe Village the best performed, finishing second.

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LETTUCEFIB returned to the winner's list at Menangle on Saturday night, claiming the Garrards Pace for KerryAnn Turner.

Owned by Redbank Lodge Standardbreds, the five-year-old was second up from a short lay-off following a sixth place in the group one Breeders Crown in August.

Finishing off the 2300m race in fine style, son of Art Major was able to run down Mister Presley in the last stride to win by half a head.

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ROCKETS Reject scored his first win since May, storming home late to win the Success Stud Pace at Menangle on Tuesday.

Owned by Leeton's John Kefford, the 10-year-old has now won 22 races from 54 starts.

Nineteen of his race wins came from his first 27 races and the past three wins have come after a three-year injury-forced layoff.

The winning mile rate of 1:53.6 took more than three seconds off his personal best of 1:56.9, which was set at Menangle in May.

He ran past another Leeton-owned pacer to win, with Living Lord finishing a neck away in third.

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WHOS Whispering scored her first win at Menangle on Monday for KerryAnn Turner.

Owned by Leeton trainer-driver Bill Trembath and his wife Kathy and Wagga's Dennis and Jo Howe, the three-year-old started its career in the Riverina with Trembath, but has had two runs for the former Ganmain reinswoman.

Finishing fourth at Newcastle on October 4, the daughter of the well performed In A Whisper led all the way to win in a mile rate of 1:56.8.

Turner scored a training and driving double on the day, with Major Arthur also winning.

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PROMISING three-year-old Buddy Stoked scored its first career win, impressing on debut for David Aiken on Monday.

Finishing fourth in the MIA Breeders Plate final in January, the son of Grinfromeartoear was transferred from owner David White's stable to Aiken two weeks ago with White holidaying in Bali.

White arrived in Melbourne on Monday and made it to Yarra Valley with 20 minutes to spare to watch the gelding score in the fast mile rate of 1:57.4.

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BENDIGO didn't prove to be a happy stomping ground for Greg and Grant Forrest and their team of trotters.

Forestspider was unable to find the lead and finished third behind Roy Hobbs, while Ok Paco began badly and was almost 200 metres away from the winner.

Forestspider raced at Bendigo again last night.

The Forrests weren't the only Riverina trainer at the meeting with Chris Chant's Sammysluck finished second in a C3-C4 race.

Two former Riverina horses did ejnoy success with Yerrington Bob wining in his first start since leaving the Shaun Snudden stables.

Always Arjay was also successful on the program, winning his first start since being sold by Ariah Park breeder Peter Clark.

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THERE will be a Riverina influence at Melton on Friday night.

After being placed in a heat at Kilmore last week, Do It Yourself and Paradise Ranch will race in the $8500 Alabar Pace Final.

The Justin-Field trained Do It Yourself has finished second in his last two starts and has drawn barrier one, while the Tim Doherty-trained mare has drawn barrier four.

Three Riverina horses raced at Melton last Friday night, with Dark Blue Sapphire and Major Megs running unplaced for Kim Hillier and Its Girl Power finishing ninth for Adrian Short.

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WAGGA will once again hold the only Riverina harness meeting on the weekend, with a eight-race program tomorrow.

Racing returns to the normal afternoon slot, with the first race to get under way at 1.49pm.

The feature race is The Rules Club Pace (1755m) for C4 to C6 pacers, plus C7 or better that hasn't won more than $1000 in their past four starts.

A field of eight has been assembled with Macy Supreme returning to the Riverina under the care of Rebecca Brown and C23 M6 pacer Goulburn Guy will race for Yarrawonga trainer Shane Gilligan.

The final race of the program will be run at 6.13pm.

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WAGGA'S Empire Stallions Night will be held next Friday with a $8000 feature will be run for C0-C2 mares.

Wagga will race again the following Friday before the start of the start of the Tuesday meetings.

Griffth's Melbourne Cup meeting will be on November 4 before regular Tuesday night racing graces the region.

One Tuesday night meeting will hold heats of the World Drivers Championships, with some of the best drivers across the world racing at Wagga on February 24.