In Brief
- Inherited Charm to make his Launceston debut.
- Chaser in red-hot winning his last three in smart times.
- Tool Shiner looking for a second career victory.
After a remarkable performance in the recent Wynburn Sheean Tasbred series, the promising chaser Inherited Charm is poised to make his debut in Launceston this Tuesday afternoon.
Inherited Charm has drawn box 5 for the Westbury Gourmet Meats Grade 5 race over 515m, the ninth event.
Tasmanian Hall of Fame trainer Gary Fahey trains the son Feral Franky and Sacred Shadow for his daughter Carol Martin, achieving an impressive record of four victories from five starts.
The talented chaser is in exceptional form having won his last three starts, including an impressive performance last Thursday, where he claimed the Wynburn Sheean Final in 25.54 seconds.
Despite having the visitor’s draw, he will start as the short-priced favourite ahead of a much more open field.
Fearsome Flirt from box 2, Dewana Natural from box 4, and Buzzard Zorro from box 7, the trio are prepared by Anthony Bullock at Exeter, are the most experienced chasers in the field.
In form youngster Tool Shiner is looking to pick up his second career victory in the Ben Englund Plastering Grade 6 over 278 metres for Leith trainer Gary Johnson and owner David Gale.
The son of Shima Shine has been assigned box 7 in the opening event on Tuesday, following a strong victory in his last race at this track, where he clocked 15.90 seconds starting from box 4.
Canya Breakout from box 5 and Wellington Salix from box 8 are both anticipated to have a significant impact.
Brennan Ryan’s selections for Launceston, 11 February
- Race 1 – 7. Tool Shiner
- Race 2 – 5. Miss Dulcie
- Race 4 – 4. Harden Up Johnny
- Race 9 – 5. Inherited Charm
All 10 races on Tuesday afternoon will be shown on Sky 1, the first race set to jump at 12:15.