Tasmania’s leading trainer Ben Yole recorded his 100th Australian win of the season after the Sidmouth-based trainer dominated last weekend’s action in Tasmania.
Hall Of Fame driver Ricky Duggan is normally the punter’s friend but he delivered a long shot double in Hobart on Friday night.
Rohan Hillier produced two good winning drives in Launceston on Sunday night. He shared driving honours on the program with Conor Crook who also recorded a double.
This week the two-year-old Sires’ Stakes finals, the Group 3 Evicus and Group 3 Dandy Patch headline the Make A Wish race night in Hobart on Friday.
The Tier Two meeting will be held on Sunday night in Launceston with a seven-race card.
The Stars
Ben Yole – recorded his 100th win for the season for the third consecutive year when Im Full Tilt scored on Sunday night. The Yole stable is well represented at every Tasmanian race meeting and he trained six winners of the 13 races held in the state last week.
Germane Boisrame – brought up his first Australian win in Hobart on Friday when he partnered the Dylan Ford-trained pacer Blisstar to victory.
Rohan Hillier – recorded a driving double in Launceston on Sunday night where he produced two terrific drives. His drive on No Apachemee in race one was judged as the number one drive of the week on Sky Racing’s flagship harness racing program In The Gig.
Ricky Duggan – Many punters may have put him in the villain’s category on Friday night after his long-shot double on Drifting Away at odds of $41 and Seeled And Sinful who started at $71.
Conor Crook – concession driver recorded three wins across the weekend which concluded with Ready To Fire, a horse he had worked on getting calm when she first joined the Ben Yole stable.
Multiple Winners
Hobart – Friday
Ricky Duggan – driving double; Drifting Away and Seeled And Sinful.
Ben Yole – training double; Drifting Away and Washies Chance.
Launceston – Sunday
Rohan Hillier – driving double; No Apachemee and Im Full Tilt.
Conor Crook – driving double; Jackka Len and Ready To Fire.
Ben Yole – training quartet; No Apachemee, Rocknrollhighlight, Im Full Tilt and Ready To Fire.
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Quickest last halves (800m) from last week’s action in Hobart on Friday.
Mavis Merle 58.24, Goggo Gee Gee 58.53, Drifting Away 58.72, Inner Light 59.09 and Lockaway Kacie 59.11
From Launceston on Sunday
Jacka Len 56.70, Gotta Go Henry 56.96, Fortino 57.07, Buster William 57.31 and Washies Chance 57.62.
View all Tasmanian Sectional Data here.
Tasracing Official Price
Hobart
Hits: Iden Amrak $6 into $5 and Blisstar $14 into $13.
Defied The Drift: Drifting Away $31 out to $41, Seeled And Sinful $61 out to $71 and Washies Chance $3.90 out to $4.20.
Missed: Liv Lavish $15 into $11.
Launceston
Hit: Jaccka Len $3.50 into $3.10.
Defied The Drift: Rocknrollhighlight $3.10 out to $3.60 and Island Bliss $6 out to $7.50.
Missed: Our Percius $8.50 into $7, Johns Legacy $4.80 into $4 and Jaminas Joy $10 into $8.50.
Trial File
Carrick Park on Saturday
Two trials were staged at the ‘Country Place of Pace’ where trotter Our Summer Vacation led all the way to win a three-horse standing start trial in a mile rate of 2mins 11.2secs. The Todd Rattray trained squaregaiter defeated his stablemate Jocund by two metres.
The mobile trial was won by Only A Myth in a slow mile rate of 2mins 20.0secs. It is important to note the field included a number of two-year-olds that were stepping up to the 2150-metre journey.
Week Ahead
The Group 3 Tasracing Evicus Final and Tasracing Dandy Patch Final bring an end to the feature race calendar in Tasmania for the 2017/18 season.
After finishing down the track in the Evicus Prelude, Enterprising Milly has been installed the $2 favourite on Ubet after opening up at $4.50 on Wednesday morning. The winner of the prelude Spoilt Sport has drifted from $1.70 out to $2.40 with Blossom Grant on the third line of betting at $6. It is double odds or better for the remainder of the field headed by Betterbsweet at $10.
In the Dandy Patch the undefeated Betterthancheddar Colt, Resurgent Storm, heads the market at $1.20 with the only other runner under double figures being Betterthanfetta at $3.30.
The Hobart meeting will feature a hosted live stream on TasRacing.com.au commencing 25 minutes prior to the first race. All races will be shown on Sky Racing 1.
In Launceston on Sunday night we see the debut of the well-bred Rohan Hillier-trained and driven three-year-old filly Sheza Bettormak. The daughter of Bettors Delight is the second foal out of multiple Group 1 winning mare Shez Ryleymak.
Shez Ryleymak is the dam of the injury-plagued Ryley Major who won 10 races from 15 career starts including the Dandy Patch, Globe Derby Stakes and the Tasmanian Derby.
Sheza Bettormak is engaged in race six on Sunday night where she has drawn barrier four and goes into the race with a second placing in a recent Launceston trial on 10 June.
Interstate this week we see the continuation of the Vicbred Super Series heats continue with some pacers whom have a Tasmanian connection doing battle including;
Kilmore – Wednesday night
- Race 3 No. 5 Nostra Beach – Tasmanian bred.
Ballarat – Friday night
- Race 5 No. 3 Harjeet – Tasmanian trained, owned, bred and driven.
- Race 5 No. 11 Solid As A Rock – part-owned by Tasmanian interest.
At Metropolitan venues this week;
Melton – Saturday night
- Race 6 No. 4 Isaac – Tasmanian trained and owned.
- Race 8 No. 8 The Bettormack – part-owned by Tasmanian interest.
Menangle – Saturday night
- Race 5 No. 3 Ignatius – Tasmanian owned and bred.
- Race 10 No. 10 Rykov Leis – Tasmanian owned and bred.
