06 November 2020 | Duncan Dornauf for Tasracing
A big weekend of harness racing awaits Tasmanian harness racing fans with two Group 2 races and five $12,000 races in Launceston this Sunday night.
Last week heats of the three-year-old sires’ stakes series, the Bandbox, were staged with Machbev (pictured) and Blame It On Me winning the two heats.
Kohanah bounced back into the winners list in his heat of the Globe Derby Stakes for the three-year-old colts and geldings, with Tasmanian Derby winner Micton Mouse keeping his unbeaten record in the state intact in the second heat.
The Stars
Call Me Hector – bounced back into the winner’s list with a dominant win in the free-for-all. He was driven by Troy McDonald and his trainer Matthew Cooper indicated on social media that a trip across Bass Strait is on the cards for the Hobart and Launceston track record holder.
Blame It On Me – continued on her winning way, completing a winning hat-trick since returning from an injury enforced lay off.
Scotlynn Beach – recorded his first win at his third start since arriving in the state, the win was the first at a TAB meeting for reinsman Malcom Jones.
Machbev – despite the slow early sectionals, the Kate MacLeod filly came from last to score in the first heat of the Bandbox.
Arctic – recorded his first win since June 2018 when coming with a well-judged drive from concession drive Bronte Miller.
Multiple Winners
Launceston – Sunday evening
Rohan Hillier – driving double; Sweet Amour and Believe In Forever.
Calculated Sectional Standouts
Quickest last halves (800m) from last week’s action.
Launceston – Sunday evening
Kosimo 56.12s, Kohanah 56.50s, Call Me Hector 56.60s, Ignatius 56.71s and Better Amour 56.87s.
View all available Tasmanian Sectional Data by clicking here.
Tasracing Official Price
Launceston – Sunday evening
Hit’s: Scotlyn Beach $9.00 into $5.50, Call Me Hector $2.80 into $2.15 and Blame It On Me $1.75 into $1.50.
Defied The Drift: Machbev $4.00 out to $4.40, Sweet Amour $16 out to $26, Kohanah $6.00 out to $7.50, Micton Mouse $1.70 out to $1.85 and Arctic $14 out to $17.
Missed: Demand Respect $1.80 into $1.55, Watchmylips $1.55 into $1.30, No Spring Secrets $11 into $8.00, Em Jays Black Chip $3.80 into $3.50, Arakbell $8.00 into $5.00, Gauci $5.50 into $3.40 and Got The Goods $6.50 into $4.20.
Trial File
Hobart – Monday evening
Five trials were staged, and it was the Bianca Heenan-trained duo War Chest and Star Chamber recording the two quickest times of the session.
War Chest, a noted front runner, led all the way over the mile trip to score well over the stablemate Rocknroll Music in 2m 0.2 in the rating 45 to 64 event.
As for the former Tasmania Cup winner Star Chamber, his driver Taylor Ford settled the veteran pacer back last in the four-horse field to defeat Be Major Threat by 3.9 metres in 2m 0.8s.
Other winners included; Iylac Beach (2m 3.7s), Gipsy Treasure (2m 4.4s) and Somehowsomeway (2m 2.7s).
You can view the weekend’s replays by clicking here.
FORMPLUS Black Book
Kabibi – has big shoes to fill being a full sister to dual Inter Dominion winner Beautide, this filly is lightly raced and has been placed in her last two efforts, the most recent on Sunday night behind Blame It On Me and Better Amour in a heat of the Bandbox. She has finished off well her last two outings. This Sunday she bumps into some smart ones in the Group 2 Bandbox but keep an eye on her in a maiden event in the not too distant future.
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Week Ahead
It is a mammoth weekend of harness racing that kicks off with a seven-race card in Hobart on Friday night commencing at 17:58 with the meeting to be televised on Sky Racing 2 and TasracingTV.
The action then heads to Launceston with a host of feature races including the Group 2 6ty Bandbox, Group 2 Ladbrokes Globe Derby, Doug Martin Memorial Danbury Park Cup, Shirley Martin Memorial Mother Of Pearl, two heats of the Maxfield Drilling Raider Stakes and a heat of the Collins Homes Granny Smith.
TasracingTV will provide a hosted live stream of the meeting, while races one and two are currently listed for Sky Racing 2 with the remainder of the meeting on Sky Racing 1.
The action commences at 17:12.
Tasmanian pacers doing battle interstate over the next few days at metropolitan venues include;
Melton – Saturday Night
Race 1 Horse 11 Blingittothemax,
Race 3 Horse 6 Laid Back Kenny.
Menangle – Saturday Night
Race 4 Horse 3 No Apachemee.
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