Sunoflindenny, an eight-year-old with a modest record, has sound prospects of turning the tables on the richly-talented Glenferrie Typhoon when they clash in the $18,000 Trotters Mobile over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Sunoflindenny, trained by Ross Olivieri and driven by Chris Lewis, began speedily from barrier seven, but was beaten out by Glenferrie Typhoon, who began like a shot from barrier eight in a 2130m event at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night.
Sunoflindenny, a massive gelding, was quickly eased out of the early speed battle and after 250m was severely checked and broke into a gallop, losing a good ten lengths. He settled down a distant seventh before moving forward into the breeze with 1050m to travel. He issued a strong challenge to the pacemaking Glenferrie Typhoon over the final stages and was beaten by a length.
“It was a brave performance,” declared Olivieri. “It was like an M0 performer against a Free-For-Aller, and you would be pretty pleased with the way the M0 went, giving that he was knocked over and that the winner is a very classy horse. Sunoflindenny can turn the tables on Friday night. Barriers are everything at Gloucester Park, so it gives us a good hope.”
Sunoflindenny will start from the No. 1 barrier in Friday night’s race, with Glenferrie Typhoon on the outside at barrier No. 9.
“Sunoflindenny has good gate speed and I’ll be trying to get to the front,” Lewis said. “He did a great job to get back into a trot so quickly after being badly checked on Tuesday night. I expect him to run a strong race on Friday night.”
Sunoflindenny, who won easily at his first WA start, at Pinjarra last Monday week, has raced 58 times for seven wins and 22 placings for $68,960. Glenferrie Typhoon, also an eight-year-old, has amassed $464,899 from 23 wins and 12 placings from 54 starts.
Glenferrie Typhoon and Sunoflindenny are unlikely to have all things going there way on Friday night when Balmoral Boy, Ton Tine and Sun of Anarchy capable of bold showings.
The Tonia Stampalia-trained Balmoral Boy (barrier two) is a speedy beginner and smart frontrunner who has scored very easy wins at his past two starts; The Justin Prentice-trained Sun of Anarchy (barrier eight) also has won easily at his past two starts and the Shaun Adams-trained Ton Tine trotted strongly when a close third to Glenferrie Typhoon and Sunoflindenny on Tuesday night.
