11 October 2018 | Ken Casellas
Shannon Suvaljko, who will represent Western Australia along with Gary Hall Jnr at the Australian Drivers’ Championship at Globe Derby Park on November 3, has a drive in all ten events at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
But after bringing home 6/1 chance Absolution with a spirited late burst to win from the 5/2 on favourite and pacemaker Amelias Courage at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night, he said that he was unable to declare any of his ten runners as a strong winning chance.
“Most of them have reasonable place prospects and I consider that my best winning prospect is Bad Round in race six,” he said. “He is a versatile pacer and should be prominent after starting from barrier three.”
Bad Round, a six-year-old trained by Debbie Padberg, has a losing sequence of 18 and has managed just one placing from those starts since Suvaljko set the pace with him from the No. 2 barrier and won from Trustytrev in April this year.
Suvaljko also said that Bad Round’s ten-year-old stablemate Glow Bright was in sound form and that he gave the gelding a blow-out chance in the first event.
Suvaljko had the choice of driving A Boy Named Rosie, Always Arjay and Shes Turbo Charged in the Fred Doy Memorial. He opted for Shes Turbo Charged, who will start from the outside of the back line. Suvaljko drove her to an all-the-way victory over Tajies Girl last Friday night.
Always Arjay, who set the pace for Suvaljko and won a 2503m stand last Friday night, is poorly drawn at No. 9 this week. He will be handled by Nathan Turvey and Mark Reed has been engaged for A Boy Named Rosie, who will start from the no. 5 barrier.
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