For the first time since 1987, Tasmanian bred pacers won the Tasmania Cup, Tasmanian Derby and Tasmanian Oaks in the same year after the wins of Ryley Major, Micton Mouse and A Spanish Dance on the states premier race night in Hobart on Saturday night.
Sunday in Devonport Ben Yole notched up a milestone for the season.
This week we race in Burnie on Friday and Launceston on Sunday evening, these meetings will be closed to the general public as a result of the COVID-19 virus, for further updated details on this please keep an eye on tasracingcorporate.com.au.
The Stars
Ryley Major – continued his dominance when he took out the states premier race, the Group 2 Ladbrokes Tasmania Cup on Saturday night. The gelded son of Art Major worked forward to find the lead mid-race and was too good for his rivals late. The win was the 28th victory in a 39-start career with prize money earnings exceeding $260,000. Hillier indicated post-race that the star pacer will miss next month’s Easter Cup instead deciding to give the pacer a spell.
Micton Mouse wins the Tasmanian Derby in Hobart on 14 March.
Micton Mouse – became the third Tasbred pacer to win the Carlton Draught Tasmanian Derby in the past 30-years when he led all the way to score in the Group 3 race. It was the third career win at start nine for the John “Bulldog” Nicholson trained pacer who was driven by his son Rhys.
A Spanish Dance – has found a new lease on life since joining the Marc Butler stable winning four of her five starts since arriving in his barn. Her latest win was in the Group 3 Tasmanian Equine Veterinary Services Tasmanian Oaks on Saturday where she justified her short quote, scoring by 13.3 metres.
Shesa Tricky Bridge – three starts ago the daughter of Stonebridge Regal won a claiming race at Warragul. Last Saturday she won the states premier mares race, the Tasmanian Trotting Club George Johnson, it was the first win in the race for both her trainer Adrian Duggan and his brother, and driver Ricky Duggan in the $20,000 race.
Ben Yole – notched up a century of wins for the season after having a night out in Devonport on Sunday with a training quartet. It is the fifth consecutive season that he has achieved the feat. Yole ended the night with 102 wins for the season with 92 of those wins in Tasmania.
Multiple Winners
Hobart – Saturday evening
Steve Lukac – training double; No Spring Secrets and Pockets Of Courage.
Devonport – Sunday evening
Ben Yole – training quartet; Gentleman Red, Shestryingtactics, Brian Who and Jakes A Joy.
Gareth Rattray – driving double; Jakes A Joy and Agouda Ruller.
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Quickest last halves (800m) from last week’s action.
Hobart – Saturday evening
Frostyflyer 57.24s, Star Chamber 57.31s, Castor Troy 57.64s, Resurgent Storm 57.79 and No Spring Secrets 57.79s.
Devonport – Sunday evening
Brian Who 58.76s, Streetside Classic 58.77s, Guys Bettor Bet 59.09s, The Thug 59.10s and The Lemondrop Kid 59.41s.
View all available Tasmanian Sectional Data by clicking here.
Tasracing Official Price
Hobart – Saturday evening
Hit’s: Pockets Of Courage $15.00 into $10.00 and Amendment Thirteen $21.00 into $15.00.
A Spanish Dance (Gareth Rattray) after winning the Tasmanian Oaks.
Defied The Drift: Resurgent Storm $4.00 out to $5.50, A Spanish Dance $1.18 out to $1.30, Micton Mouse $2.20 out to $2.80, Capitallee $4.00 out to $5.00 and Ryley Major $2.20 out to $2.60.
Missed: Dyslexic $9.00 into $6.50, El Jays Blu $3.40 into $2.60, Coveffe Hustler $8.00 into $5.00, Im Sir Blake $3.70 into $3.00, My Cash $12.00 into $5.50, Smart Little Shard $3.60 into $3.20, Remember Joe $8.50 into $7.00, Altana Blue $4.20 into $3.10 and Dragontown $5.00 into $3.50.
Devonport- Sunday evening
Hit’s: Gentleman Red $12.00 into $5.50, Monarkmac $7.00 into $6.50, Jakes A Joy $4.40 into $3.90 and Agouda Ruler $1.60 into $1.50.
Defied The Drift: Shestryingtactics $3.00 out to $3.80, Brian Who $5.00 out to $7.50 and The Thug $3.20 out to $4.20.
Missed: Tiger Terror $12.00 into $7.00, Mostly Spirit $15.00 into $10.00, Mystery Writer $3.20 into $2.70, Class Tells $11.00 into $7.50, Guys Bettor Bet $8.00 into $6.50 and Major Davvin $8.00 into $5.50.
Trial File
Carrick Park – Monday evening
A mammoth session of seven trials was staged on Monday night.
The Ben Yole-trained My Celebrity recorded the quickest winning mile rate of 2m 4.3s when winning a rating 58 to 69 trial over 2150 metres.
My Celebrity, a gelded son of Always A Virgin, scored a three-metre win over Flight Officer and Heza Rummage, with the final two quarters in 29.5s and 29.4s.
Other winners included; Written In Silk (2m 11.8s), Another Mortgage (2m 4.9s), Mach Charm (2m 7.1s), Statement Please (2m 7.3s), Im Jollygood (2m 13.4s) and Smilin Geoff (2m 5.0s).
Week Ahead
Burnie will hold the state’s first crowd less race meeting on Friday evening with a seven-race card.
As outlined earlier, only trainers, drivers, stablehands and essential race day personal will be allowed entry to the course.
The feature race on the card is the N.W.T.L.H.A Mares Feature which has attracted a capacity field of 10 starters and one emergency. Where the Brett Jaffray-trained Island Bliss comes back to one of her favourite tracks where he brilliant standing start manners will be key to her chances.
The meeting commences at 17:32 and will be televised on Sky Racing 2 and live streamed on TasracingTV.
Sunday the action continues in Launceston with nine races set down for decision.
The Ladbrokes Discretionary is the main race of the night with a number on trial for next months $75,000 Ladbrokes Easter Cup.
Race one is for the two-year-old’s and it commences at 17:42 and will be shown on Sky Racing 2 with the remainder of the card on Sky Racing 1.
All races will be live streamed on TasracingTV.
Interstate this weekend we some local pacers going around including;
Melton – Saturday night
Race 1 Horse 12 Streitkid,
Race 2 Horse 13 Blingittothemax.