Hall Jr The Driver draws Level with Hall Sr The Trainer

16 April 2021
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With Gary Hall Jr’s win aboard the Justin Prentice trained Lets Get Messi at Bunbury on Saturday night, the champion reinsman notched his 3206th career victory as a driver. This is level with the number of winners his father Gary Hall Sr has trained in his illustrious career.

This is a quirky bit of trivia from stats guru Alan Parker, about the pair of RWWA Hall Of Fame inductees who have dominated WA harness racing for over a decade, winning virtually every big race in the West as well as numerous features on the East Coast and New Zealand.

The father and son duo most famously combined with champion pacer Im Themightyquinn to win three Inter Dominions, including the 2012 Inter Dominion on their home track of Gloucester Park in front of a massive crowd.  

On Friday night, the Halls will combine with Jumpingjackmac (race 3), Mr Kiwi (Race 4), Diego (Race 8) and whozideawasthis (race 10), whilst Hall Jr has a number of other drives for outside stables and Hall Sr will harness up four runners in race 8.  

 

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