Local trotter nominated for prestigious award PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kyle Galley   
Trafalgar trotter I See Icy Earl has been nominated for the prestigious Victorian Two-Year-Old Trotter of the Year Award.
Based on performances during the 2009/2010 Victorian racing season, which concludes on August 31, the award will be presented at a dinner at the Melton racing complex on Friday, September 17.
I See Icy Earl, trained and driven by Glenn Hunter for local owners John and Kylee Paull, won the Group 1 Redwood Classic at Maryborough in July and was one of the states better performed juvenile squaregaiters.
Members of the Victorian harness racing media selected nominees for the category based on racetrack performances for the season. Criteria includes the performances of Victorian trained horses anywhere in the world, and on the efforts of overseas trained horses on Victorian tracks.
Therefore, I See Icy Earl is up against Kiwi horse Paramount Geegee, who won the Breeders Crown Final at Melton last week, along with local Chateau De Ville. In effect, the three Group One race winners for the season in Victoria are those nominated for the award.
Regardless of the result, it is a unique feat for a local horse to be considered for such an award, and connections will be hoping their good fortune continues when I See Icy Earl returns to the racetrack next season as a three-year-old.
Last Updated ( Monday, 30 August 2010 )
 
Davies dominates harness meeting PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kyle Galley   
Clyde trainer Jayne Davies dominated last Monday’s Warragul harness racing meeting with four of the eight winners.

Cam Rouge, El Jay Lombo, Kurt Angle and Crusaders Castle all won, while Good Living finished second as a short-priced favourite, robbing the stable of a quintet of winners.

The haul capped a great few days for the stable, who prepared Passions Promise to win a Breeders Crown Final at Melton the previous day.

Three of the Davies four were driven by Chris Alford, who also partnered Good Living, and Cuppa Soup to minor place finishes.

Drouin West mare Sahara Miss scored in good fashion in the fifth race of the day.

Trained by Debbie Quinlan for owners Ray Paul and Paul Watkinson, Sahara Miss has only raced for the Quinlan stable briefly since previous trainer Terry Lamont relocated to Flinders Island.

Further wins could be in store for Sahara Miss, who landed some good bets on Monday. The mare was driven by Daryl Douglas, who was lucky to escape injury in a dramatic race fall at Melton the previous Friday.

Douglas was tipped from the sulky in the opening event, and was dragged along the track after his racing silks became caught in the sulky wheel of another competitor.

Trafalgar pacer Coastal Cruiser nearly caused an upset when finishing second in the seventh event. The first three horses over the line had to be separated by the photo finish camera in an exciting result.

Monday’s race meeting, the clubs annual Publicans Day, was very well patronised, and the strong card saw some of the better TAB betting holds of the year. Harness racing returns to Warragul on Friday, September 24.

Meanwhile, Longwarry trotter Me Neither finished a gallant fourth in the two-year-old trotters Breeders Crown Final at Melton last Sunday afternoon.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 August 2010 )
 
Strong harness card at Warragul this Monday PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kyle Galley   
An eight event harness racing card will be conducted at Warragul this Monday afternoon, with the first race due at 12:38pm.
With over 100 entries for the program, capacity fields have been drawn for most events.
In fact, it is one of biggest line-up's of competitors seen at Warragul this year.
Monday's meeting is the last for the club in this current racing season which ends on August 31.
Looking at some of the local chances competing on Monday, and there plenty of them.
Longwarry trotter Cuppa Soup is lining up in the first event for trainer Michael Hughes after a recent Geelong victory.
Neds Neddy and Shake It Up Baby compete in the two-year-old, while Longwarry trainer Lee Evison has three starters in the fourth event - Jaspers Babe, Midnight Tango and Realexpectation.
Sahara Miss should run well in the fifth event for trainer Debbie Quinlan, despite a wide barrier draw.
Stablemate Master Vision returned to winning form last time, and runs in race seven.
Trafalgar horseman Chris Hunter has locally bred and owned pacer Mystic Cruiser making its debut in the last race.
Good betting value should exist in most races on Monday, with few short priced favourites likely.
Daily Double selections: 1 and 7 into 1 and 9
Quadrella selections: 6 and 7 into 1 and 7 into 1 and 5 into 1 and 9
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 August 2010 )
 
Warragul Pacing Cup Day PDF Print E-mail
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Jazzam looks the standout in Warragul Cup
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Third Traralgon Pacing Cup for Top Driver PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kyle Galley   
Top driver Chris Alford won his third Traralgon Pacing Cup at Monday afternoon's Warragul harness race meeting.  Chris, who drive Pinball to win the race at Traralgon in 1989, and also won with Great Saint in 2008, partnered He Has Risen to victory on Monday.  Chris' father Barry also won the race twice when run at Traralgon, with The Goblin in 1980 and Ombre Garcon in 1982.

Winning its first race since May 2007, He Has Risen rose to the occasion for Yarra Glen trainer Charlie Wootton, who also prepared Sousania, which dead-heated for second, giving the stable the Quinella in the event.

Best of the locals was Land of Panaarm, which dead heated for second.

Gippsland pacer Master Vision continued his consistent form by winning the fifth race for trainer Debbie Quinlan.   Master Vision has now recorded three wins and 10 minor placings from only 14 starts. The stable almost collected a double with Commander Rama, which tired to run second in the final event.

Next harness racing meeting at Warragul is the feature $25,000 Warragul Pacing Cup day on Easter Sunday, April 4.
 
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