Latrobe trainer Neil Cameron claimed his second Tasracing Liza Storm Feature when his three-year-old filly Modart Niadh led all the way over the 2180-metre journey.
Reinsman John Walters noted for his exceptional front-running drives, assumed his favourite role out in front with Modart Niadh after beginning brilliantly from behind the mobile.
The Modern Art – Dawn Ofa Niadh filly found herself eight metres clear of Molly Malones in the early stages but Walters steadied the ship allowing the field to take closer order.
Avalon Ava, which had been slowly away and trapped three-wide back near the tail made its run early moving forward to sit in the death chair while the well-supported John Castles-trained favourite Sophias Angel found herself one-out and two-back with the stablemate Sketch breathing down its neck.
Modart Niadh travelled sweetly to the bell and with Walters stacking them up and forcing the challengers wide in the back straight had the field covered on the home corner.
Charlie Castles hooked Sketch out four-wide around the struggling Sophias Angel turning for home but the bird had well and truly flown as Walters opened up on Modart Niadh in the run to the post.
Neil’s other win in the Liza Storm Feature came when everyone else in the world was preparing for Y2K Millennium Computer Bug, back in 1999 with King Niadh.
Todd Rattray and Craig Hayes took the driving honours on the night, both landing winning doubles.
Todd clinched the bookends on the seven-event card as the trainer-driver in the first with Penstock Boy before careering away in the last, the claimer, with the Adam Emery-prepared outsider Ektoras.
Stowport trainer-driver Craig Hayes is always a threat on his home track at the Wivenhoe Showgrounds and again reaped the rewards of his local knowledge and feel for the circuit.
Craig guided the Ron Mansfield owned and trained Guesstamate to victory in the North West Tasmanian Light Harness Association Mares Feature and followed up by notching up a winning hat-trick with his three-year-old filly Jeanette Barry leading all the way at Burnie for the third time in a row.
Punchinello finally returned to the winner’s list for Julie Johnson when Rohan Hillier found the early lead with the well supported popular pick while Parwill, for trainer Brooke Hammond and driver Gareth Rattray, atoned for its last run on the track when it looked beaten behind Laughyaheadoff, leading all the way in the Frank Crawford Memorial Pace.
