By David Aldred
It’s hard not to be good when you’re a member of harness racing’s equine royal family.
Two trotters Justabitnoisy and Justabitcoco, bred by Jimboomba-based trainer Doug Lee have blue blood oozing through their bodies and their breeding certainly came to the fore today.
The young trotting duo dominated the finish of the 3yo + Trot Handicap at Albion Park taking out the race quinella.
Three-year-old colt Justabitnoisy and his four-year-old half-sister Justabitcoco are from the same maternal family as one of our greatest ever standardbreds, the 1963 Inter Dominion Pacing Grand Final winner Cardigan Bay, the first pacer in the southern hemisphere to win over $1 million, and also to one of the best trotters of his era in the early to mid-seventies, the 1976 Inter Dominion Trotting Grand Final winner Bay Johnny.
The standardbred bloodlines have been in the Lee family for generations with Doug Lee’s grandfather, the late ‘Snowy’ Finn, the trainer of Bay Johnny.
Lee and his wife Joedy race Justabitnoisy and Justabitcoco which they bred from their multiple Harold Park trot and Ararat Trot Cup winner, Justabitlooney.
Lee was very happy with the result and he was glowing in his admiration for his trotters.
“They have both been up since last October and done a great job,” Lee said. “We took Justabitnoisy down south and he has just got better and better in recent months.”
The victory was the fourth success for Justabitnoisy a son of Lawman which has earned $24,000 in its debut season.
Gary Whittaker drove the $1.40 favourite which despite having to work forward from a 30 metre handicap, had control of the race most of the way. Four-year-old Bacardi Lindy mare Justabitcoco, driven by Lee came from a 40 metre handicap and settled back in the field, spotting Jutabitnoisy about 100 metres start at one point before laying down a late challenge to her little brother. Justabitnoisy held a 10.7 metre winning break at the finish and rated 2.03.5, breaking his own 3yo track record for the journey.
A pedigree search reveals pages of black type in Justabitnoisy and Justabitcoco’s maternal family.
Second dam Sally Anns Future was also a Harold Park winner who also produced the Lee’s outstanding trotter Red Samauri ($230,722). Her mother Tolileas produced five winners including multiple Moonee valley winning brothers Pauls Future and Pontiff and also Winnies Rage the mother of top Victorian trotter West Texas Crude ($260,503). The top class pacers Apre Ski ($415,498), No Equal, Vulcan Bay, Scotch Goose, Preferred Bay, Franco Nester and Franco Nelson are some of the other stars from the same maternal line.
Lee said Justabitnoisy and Justabitcoco will race in the heats of the Kevin & Kay Seymour Gold Rush T0/T3 Trot at Albion Park on Friday night before hopefully both contesting the $12,000 Final the following week.
“Joedy and I are off on a holiday in America next month so the horses will go for a rest and when we come back Justabitnoisy will be ‘a couple of stone’ lighter and maybe an even better trotter,” Lee said, referring to colt Justabitnoisy’s booking to be gelded before his next race preparation
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