It was another great week of harness racing in Hobart on Sunday evening where five participants recorded multiple winners.
We are back to Launceston on Friday evening with an eight-race programme that gets underway at 17:00.
The Stars
Mark Yole - took his career total of victories in the sulky to 409 wins after a driving quartet in Hobart on Sunday, including the first three races on the card. The Perth-based driver will be looking to add to his total with a good book drives in Launceston on Friday night.
Hannah Van Dongen - Scored a double on the Hobart programme including a win on Long Ago at odds of $26, she might have been renamed Hurricane Hannah by punters as she would have knocked many out of the last leg of the Ubet Quaddie.
Bianca Heenan - brilliant training performance with Twenty Two Karat who won first up in her care in the David Medhurst Memorial. Heenan takes an early lead in the Female Trainers title after Alta Surreal won earlier in the night.
Ben Yole - once again dominating the training scene with four winners on the card including the first seven runners past the post in race six.
Multiple Winners
Hobart Sunday
Ben Yole - training quartet; Im Barney Rubble, Pushkin, Long Ago and Gems.
Bianca Heenan - training double - Alta Surreal and Twenty Two Karat.
Ken Rattray - training double - All Over The Stars and El Jays Monet.
Mark Yole - driving quartet; Im Barney Rubble, Alta Surreal, Pushkin and El Jays Monet.
Hannah Van Dongen - driving double; Long Ago and Twenty Two Karat.
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Quickest last halves (800m) from last week’s action.
Hobart - Sunday
Fortino 57.59, Laredo Torpedo 57.72, Im Barney Rubble 57.80, Do It For Dave 57.82 and Hez The One 58.09.
You can view sectionals from every runner from the meeting and more Tasmanian Sectional Data by clicking here.
Tasracing Official Price
Hobart - Sunday
Hit's: Im Barney Rubble $6.00 into $4.80, Long Ago $51 into $26, Gems $14 into $7.50, Twenty Two Karat $31 into $7.00 and All Over The Stars $8.50 into $5.50.
Defied The Drift: Alta Surreal $4.00 out to $7.00 and Pushkin $13 out to $18.
Missed: Big Bang Raj $15 into $9.50, Mon Poppy Polly $14 into $9.00, Mavis Merle $16 into $7.50, Black Ops $18 into $13, Our Boy Johnny $13 into $7.00 and Hez The One $31 into $11.
Trial File
Carrick Park on Saturday morning.
It was a cold, wet and windy morning at Carrick Park, which certainly had an impact on the times recorded across the three trials staged.
Only two starters took part in the standing start trial which saw the return of Karalta Dazzler, who hasn't been seen since finishing down the track in a M0 event at Melton on September, 7, last year. Now trained by Ben Yole, Karalta Dazzler showed good standing start manners to lead all the way for driver Adrian Collins to defeat his only other rival, Major Callum, in a mile rate of 2m 11.6s.
The other two trials were run under mobile conditions with Leothegreat holding on for a narrow victory over Joankay in 2m 18.9s. While Corporal Jujon won by an every increasing 17-metres for trainer-driver Ben Yole in 2m 8.1s.
Week Ahead
The action returns to the Mowbray Racing Centre in Launceston for Friday night Harness racing.
Favourite punters will be hoping that The Aussie can bounce back to the winner's list after being eased out of the race in Hobart last Sunday.
The Ricky Duggan driven pacer was sent out the $1.30 favourite but after less than 200-metres in the race the near-side front hopple loop broke and took no part in the race after that point.
This week The Aussie is the sole runner of the second row in the sixth race on the card that features a number of inform runners including El Jays Monet who will be chasing a hat-trick of wins. The Ken Rattray trained pacer was able to narrowly defeated Monarkmac in Hobart last start and is also engaged in this race.
Another form line for the race was in Launceston on September 7 where Hayley's Comet defeated Olwen Jaccka, Monarkmac and Ima Ginger Rogers.
Interstate this week at Metropolitan venues across Australia we are light on with quantity but we certainly make it up with quality;
Melton – Saturday night
Race 1 - Horse 2 Illegal Immigrant, Horse 4 Sultan Fella and Horse 7 Offthetopofmyhead.
