Star pacer Ryley Major was back on track Sunday afternoon when he scored a soft trial win in Launceston.
This season's Tasmania Cup winner was privately clocked running his last half mile in 55.4s.
Trainer Kent Rattray and driver John Walters dominated last weekend's action in Hobart on Friday and Launceston on Sunday.
The same venues race in the same time slots again this week.
The Stars
Kent Rattray and John Walters– teamed up for an enjoyable weekend, the duo landed a double in Launceston with Stormy Sanz and Colby Sanz. They also partnered for a winner in Hobart on Friday with Karalta Moondance. Walters drove a double on the Hobart card scoring aboard Wandary Muscat, who is trained by Rattray’s stable foreman Wes Targett.
Star Chamber– the free-for-all in Launceston on Sunday was always going to be a tactical affair when a field of five faced the starter. Veteran pacer Star Chamber was able to register his 24th career win, and the win was courtesy of a handy drive early by the in-form Taylor Ford who got the pacer away quickly to race on the back of the leader before making her move at the 400-metre mark.
Tisu Spirit– after a handy third in Hobart when first-up from a spell was able to win second-up in Launceston on Sunday, the Tim Maine-trained pacer was back in the winner's circle when he scored his eighth career win. And what a tough victory it was with the American Ideal gelding forced to race three-wide for the final 1100-metres.
Sam Clotworthy– the New Zealander landed his first winner in the sulky with an all the way win on Nancys Baby in Hobart. Clotworthy started his interest in racing working for Auckland trainer Brent Mangos before crossing the Tasman to work for some of the country's best thoroughbred trainers.
Tim Yole– the hard-working stable foreman for the Ben Yole stable doesn’t drive much these days, but he drove his first winner for almost two years when he out drove his brother Mark on My Celebrity in Hobart.
Multiple Winners
Hobart – Friday evening
Ben Yole - training treble; Nancys Baby, My Celebrity and Tarleton Riley.
Taylor Ford - driving double; Big Bang Raj, Sea Double Ugrant.
John Walters - driving double; Karalta Moondance and Wandary Muscat.
Launceston – Sunday evening
Kent Rattray- driving double; Stormy Sanz and Colby Sanz.
John Walters- driving double; Stormy Sanz and Colby Sanz.
Conor Crook- driving double; Frostyflyer and North Star Lad.
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Quickest last halves (800m) from last week’s action.
Hobart – Friday evening
Due to a sectional timing error at the 800 metres, races one, two and six have been excluded.
Sea Double Ugrant 57.02s, Lockaway Kacie 57.39s, Tarleton Riley 57.58s, Metro Digby 57.71s and My Celebrity 57.77s.
Launceston – Sunday evening
Kardesler 56.79s, Star Chamber 56.90s, Illegal Immigrant 56.92s, Krafty Boy 56.92s and Giftofjoy 57.24s.
View all available Tasmanian Sectional Data by clicking here.
Tasracing Official Price
Hobart – Friday evening
Hits: My Celebrity $12 into $10, Tarleton Riley $11 into $7.50, Stormont Star $2.90 into $2.60, Karalta Moondance $8.00 into $6.50, Wandary Muscut $7.50 into $7.00,
Defied The Drift: Nancys Baby $31 out to $41, Big Bang Raj $5.00 out to $5.50,
Missed: Castor Troy $9.00 out to $6.00, Black Ops $20 into $10, Stylish Trend $4.40 into $3.80, Brian Who $19 into $9.00, Lockaway Kacie $4.20 into $3.70, Debt Till We Part $4.80 into $3.80 and Burningupthefloor $10 into $7.50.
Launceston – Sunday evening
Hits: Stormy Sanz $12 into $7.50, North Star Lad $4.80 into $3.50,
Defied The Drift:Capitallee $2.00 out to $3.20, Colby Sanz $5.00 out to $8.00, Tisu Spirit $3.30 out to $3.90 and Raymonds Judge $2.70 out to $3.00.
Missed:De Marco Beach $5.00 into $3.80, Incongnito $101 into $26, Gordievsky Leis $31 into $17, Class Tells $10 into $4.60, Salvator Mundi $2.50 into $2.10, Spoilt Sport $4.60 into $3.60, Brian Who $5.50 into $4.80, Stylish Trend $9.00 into $7.50 and Mostly Spirit $3.20 into $2.70.
Trial File
Launceston - Sunday afternoon
As mentioned earlier star pacer Ryley Major handled his rating 64 to 120 trial with ease when he scored by three metres over Art Frenzy and Tuxedo Max in 1m 57.5s.
The Ben Yole-trained Machitelli led all the way to win her rating 43 to 59 trial in 1m 59.5s, the only other trial at the session to break two minutes.
Other winners included Jimmy Mischief (No time taken due to timing system error) and Shady Story (2m 1.0s).
Trial Replays
You can view two of the four trials from Sunday by clicking here.
Week Ahead
Hobart once again is the venue for Friday night racing.
The action kicks off with a standing start race for the trotters where Armchair Drive will be out to remain undefeated in three Tasmanian starts, the most recent victory was on 19 June.
The gelding is one of two runners in the race-prepared by Marc Butler who also puts the polish on One Yankee Ginga.
The meeting will be televised on Sky Racing 2 and TasracingTV with the first race set down for 17:49.
We then head up the Midlands Highway for Sunday night racing in Launceston.
There are many races to look forward to on the Launceston card including a competitive Discretionary handicap which is race five on the night.
Devonport Cup winner Illegal Immigrant faces the 20-metre back mark, while the only other two handicap runners being in-form runners Blackbird Power and Sea Double Ugrant who both share the 10-metre row.
The meeting will be shown on Sky Racing 1 and TasracingTV with the first race starting at 17:04 and concludes with Cool Water Paddy going around in the final race of the night at 20:50.
Some Tasmanian pacers doing battle over the next few days at metropolitan venues include:
Melton - Saturday night
Race 1 Horse 11 - Blingittothemax.
Race 2 Horse 2 - Bootleg Bert.
Race 6 Horse 5 - Streitkid.
Menangle - Saturday night
Race 7 Horse 5 - No Apachemee.
