In Brief
- Gee Gee Baracus drifted in betting but proved too strong in class one over 1350m.
- Dargo impresses at his Tasmanian debut.
- Chloe Wells strikes again with a clever ride to win aboard Gee Gee Devonboy.
TEAM Wells took the training honours at the meeting in Devonport on Sunday preparing four of the first five winners on the eight-event program.
Gee Gee Baracus ($3.40) made it back-to-back wins when he stormed home to win the class one over 1350m and in the following race Gee Gee Royboy ($6.50) showed his rivals a clean pair of heels, leading throughout to defeat the favourite Miss Red ($2.70) and Apollo Landing ($4.40) in the Goodstone Group Maiden over 1150m.
Gee Gee Royboy (Troy Baker) leads throughout to win a maiden over 1150m.
Dargo ($3.40) was having its first start for the stable in a maiden-class one handicap over 1650m and was impressive at his Tasmania debut.
Despite being caught three-wide without cover for the last half of the race, the gelded son of Fiorente kept finding in the home straight to go on and score convincingly from rank outsider Short ‘n’ Regal ($81) with Indigo Girls ($7) a closing third.
“Dargo comes out of the Cindy Alderson stable, and she advised me to take him and I’m glad she did because I’m sure he will win a lot more races,” said Trent Wells.
Gee Gee Devonboy ($4.60) was a big drifter on-course but delivered a barnstorming finish to give Chloe Wells her second win from only a handful of rides.
Wells said the young apprentice has had early success because of her work ethic and her sincere love of the animals.
“Chloe has a big advantage over many of the young ones who come through the apprenticeship process because she really loves the horses and that includes the ones that are difficult to ride and constantly give her a hard time in training,” Wells said.
“She is tireless around the stables and she has extremely soft hands and that transmits to the horses.”
Watch Dargo score an impressive win on his Tasmanian debut.