It was a big week across the mainland for Tasmania with Ignatius once again showing his class with a track record win at Penrith on Thursday and then at Melton on Saturday night, the Juanita McKenzie-trained Isaac broke his metropolitan status.
The up and coming stars of the driving ranks were on display across the state last week when the opening four heats of the 6ty° Youngbloods were staged. The final two heats will be conducted in Launceston this Sunday night where it appears the championship will go right down to the wire.
Hobart will stage the Friday twilight meeting of the week where the preludes of the Tasmanian Sires’ Stakes series for two-year-olds will be the features.
The Stars
Ignatius – Wow! What a win in his New South Wales Breeders Challenge heat at Penrith on Thursday evening. Driven by his trainer James Rattray, Ignatius started from barrier two on the second row and worked to find the spot outside the leader. With the first half of the last mile being recorded in 57.4secs Rattray put his foot to the floor down the back straight in 27.9secs before he left his rivals standing to win by 14.7-metres in a 28.8secs closing section. The mile rate of 1min 53.6secs smashed the previous track record.
Buster William – produced a massive run to win in Devonport on Friday evening. After being three-wide and three-back at the bell it was clear to driver Rohan Hillier that the line was not progressing well so he took matters into his own hands and went four-wide at the 700-metre mark to beat an even C4-C5 field easily in what was one of the best performances from a horse in the back half of the field in Devonport for some time.
Cabel Hall – continued a good night for the north-east participants when he trained his first winner in Devonport on Friday with two-year-old filly Our Wonder Woman. It was only Hall’s second start as a trainer in his short career. To make the win even more special one of the breeders of Our Wonder Woman was Cabel’s late father Ken who passed away late last year.
Brady Woods – demonstrated his talents in the sulky winning two of the four heats in the 6ty° Youngbloods Challenge to give him an eight-point lead going into the final round of heats in Launceston this Sunday.
Plata O Plomo – had too much speed for his free-for-all rivals in Hobart where he upset the short price favourite Harjeet.
Multiple Winners
Devonport – Friday
Rohan Hillier – driving double; Buster William and Flashy Ruler
Hobart – Sunday
Dylan Ford – driving double; Streitkid and Dont Pass I’m Fast
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Quickest last halves (800m) from last week’s action in Devonport on Friday
Buster William 56.98, Rocknrollhighlight 58.18, Stylish Trend 58.21, Ten Crystals 58.26 and Bayridge Bill 58.30.
From Hobart on Sunday
Plata O Plomo 57.80, Usain Jolt 57.4, No Apachemee 57.97, Im Paige 58.18 and Streitkid 58.40.
View all Tasmanian Sectional Data here.
Tasracing Official Price
Devonport
Hit: Ready To Fire $13 into $9
Defied The Drift: Bayridge Bill $2.70 out to $3.20
Missed: Selling The Dream $3.50 into $3.30
Hobart
Hit’s: Kaycee $17 into $12 and Seenohearnospeakno $16 into 13
Defied The Drift: Dont Pass Im Fast $10 out to $13 and Plata O Plomo $9.50 out to $13.
Missed: Playing Arkabella $4 into $3.80, Williamtell $6 into $3.80 and Blisstar $11 into $6.
Trial File
Carrick Park on Saturday
After being narrowly defeated at his Tasmanian debut, Rock N Roll Heaven gelding Believe In Forever recorded one of the quickest mile rates of the morning when he took out a 3C0 trial by five metres.
The Rohan Hadley trained pacer was driven in the trial by Gareth Rattray. Believe In Forever recorded a mile rate of 2mins 4.4 secs which was the same mile rate as the fast class trial of the morning which was won by Gotta Go Henry.
Remaining trial winners included; Stryker (2:06.1), Holly Halo (2:11.0), Karalta Felesha (2:08.2) and Sea Sky (2:09.2).
Week Ahead
The final leg of the Tasmanian Sires’ Stakes series for the two-year-olds commences in Hobart on Friday evening with preludes of the Evicus and Dandy Patch being held.
The depth of the two-year-old Tasbred fillies is shown with eight of the 10-horse field being in the winners’ circle already in their short racing career.
Only five contestants will compete in the Dandy Patch prelude where Resurgent Storm looks set to continue on his winning way.
The final two heats of the6ty° Youngbloods will be staged in Launceston on Sunday eveningwhere the series will come right down to the line with only 12 points between the top four on the table.
- 41 pts – Brady Woods
- 33 pts – Samantha Gangell
- 30 pts – Hannah Van dongen
- 29 pts – Braden Howlett
- 28 pts – Dylan Ford
- 25 pts – Taylor Ford
- 24 pts – Charlie Castles
- 23 pts – Germain Boisrame
- 20 pts – Samantha Freeman
- 7 pts – Wade Rattray (only competed in heats three and four)
- 5 pts – Matthew Howlett (withdrew from series after two heats)
