Roger Whitmore is making the trip from New Norfolk to Devonport today with his top class mare Resurgent Dream set to run favourite in the four-year-old mares’ feature, the Collins Homes Granny Smith Stakes.
Roger is entitled to be quietly confident given her performance in the Granny Smith Prelude a fortnight ago, proving too good for El Jays Mystery and Playing Arkabella.
The American Ideal-Resurgent Star mare (pictured) has won eight of 19 career starts and has greeted the judge on five occasions so far this season.
Ricky Duggan will handle the ribbons in the $40,000 Final and has drawn five on the front line, one inside Dual fillies feature winner Playing Arkabella..
The Shadow Play – Arkabe Jewel claimed the two-year-old Evicus Final and followed up last season with victory in the Banbox Final over Huiffier and El Jays Mystery while in the care of trainer Paul Hill.
Brighton trainer Ben Rossendell now applies the polish to the John Walters drive and on the strength of her solid third to Resurgent Dream in the Prelude won’t be too far away in the charge to the post.
The Dick Eaves-trained mare El Jays Mystery has won five races in her career but is yet to break the ice at Devonport.
The Live Or Die- Lombo Anastasia has run four seconds from four runs at the track including her second to Resurgent Dream in the Prelude, beaten two metres.
The Maxfield Drilling Raiders Stakes Final looks a done deal with the Todd Rattray-trained Harjeet in search of its eighth straight victory.
The Rocknroll Hanover-Our Zellweger gelding cruised to victory in track record time in the Easter Cup and followed up by waltzing home in the Raider Stakes Heat by six-metres from Usain Jolt.
Wayne Campbell’s Buster William continued his super consistent form by capturing the other heat but driver Rohan Hillier will need to pull more than a rabbit out of the hat tonight to cause a cause a major upset.
Tonight’s bumper 10-event Devonport Harness Racing card commences at 16.37 and can be viewed by the Tasracing live stream service hosted by Duncan Dornauf from 16.20, with interviews with trainers and drivers of all the leading chances.
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