The two-year-old features are almost here, with the first heats of the Sweepstakes headlining Sunday night’s Hobart card.
Further heats are scheduled for 25 August before the $27,500 finals on 10 September.
Also, this week there will be Friday night racing in Launceston.
After being runner-up in the Beautide, Mickey Oh will have his first interstate start when he contests the Singo at Menangle in Sydney’s southwest on Saturday night.
The Stars
Mouth Hunter – continued the excellent recent run of the John and Charlie Castles combination when she motored home late to take out the King Fillies & Mares in Launceston on Sunday. It was a blanket finish with only a short half-head between the first three placegetters.
Killarney Dance – former Kiwi mare will have a freshen-up after taking her record to four wins and five placings since arriving in the care of Michael Laugher. The daughter of A Rocknroll Dance led all the way to win by 19.6m on Sunday.
Hy Leinvincible – is a former Victorian that has had an injury-plagued career and is now three from three since joining the Rohan Hillier stable, including an all-the-way win in 1m 58.4s on Sunday when scoring in a 60 to 69 rating race.
Sneaky Peak – is another newcomer to the state that hit the ground running and is now two from two since crossing Bass Straight after winning by 15.6m in an up to rating 44 event in 1m 58.5s.
Art Huntsman – it was great to see Dick Eaves back in the winner’s list for the first time since the 2019/20 season, after having limited starters, with this gelded son of Huntsville winning second up from a spell.
Feats of the meet
Launceston, 13 August
Rohan Hillier – three driving wins,
Nathan Ford – two driving wins.
Ben Yole – two training wins.
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Launceston, 13 August
We Salute You 56.29s, Kuzma 56.36s, Arden Roanoke 56.65s, No Nukes Skipper 56.70s and Hy Leinvincible.
Tasracing Official Price
Launceston, 13 August
Hit’s: Letsplayuni $6.00 into $4.40, Miki Sanz $19 into $14, Budgiesmuggler $10 into $7.00, Moth Hunter $4.40 into $3.70 and Killarney Dance $1.22 into $1.12.
Defied The Drift: Hy Leinvincible $1.18 out to $1.22, Sneaky Peak $2.80 out to $3.50 and Slingshot $3.30 out to $5.00.
Missed: Moveslikealady $3.10 into $1.55, Iden Black Prince $4.80 into $3.80, Popnpennies $9.50 into $6.50 and Puntarno Stride $3.20 into $2.30.
Week Ahead
Friday: Harness racing in Launceston from 17:25.
Saturday: Tasmanian trained, owned or bred horses at metropolitan meetings interstate are headlined by Mickey Oh, who will contest the Singo at Menangle on Saturday night, where a horse in the race will be selected to take John Singleton’s slot in next months TAB Eureka.
The four emergencies for the Eureka will also be selected from the race.
Menangle:
R1 – Gordons Bay,
R3 – Mickey Oh,
R6 – Izaha,
R8 – Kadar.
Melton:
R1 – Holy Basil, Buster William and Fynn Frost,
R2 – Believe In Forever and Lip Reader,
R6 – Forgot The Wallet,
R7 – Mach Dan
Sunday: The Sweepstakes Series commences on the nine-race Hobart card that commences at 17:06.
Monday: Trials in Hobart from 17:30.
Tuesday: Ignatius lines up in the tenth race at Yonkers in New York.