Tasmanian highlights

Cool Water Paddy added another harness racing feature win to his resume in Launceston on Sunday night when taking out the Golden Mile in a slick 1:55.8 on a cold late Autumn night in Launceston.

Talented three-year-old Lancelot continued his progression through the rating system after making it three wins from three starts for the 2021 season.

It was a night of first wins with Miss Papenhuyzen and Iden Black Prince breaking their maidens, while Richmond Tiger recorded his first win since arriving in New Zealand.

The Stars

Cool Water Paddy – added the Golden Mile to his impressive resume when the Juanita McKenzie-trained pacer broke the $100,000 prize-money barrier in the open class feature. Connections are looking at a one or two start Victorian campaign with the five-year-old gelding. It was the seventh Golden Mile win for driver Ricky Duggan. His first was with Golden Label in 1993 when the race carried prize money of $25,000.

Lancelot – remains undefeated after three starts back as a three-year-old. His latest win was in a rating 54 to 58 event where he was able to lead and put the race beyond doubt from the 450-metre point. The success was the second-leg of a training and driving double for Todd Rattray, who scored earlier in the night with Kadar.

Geoff Smith – has a good eye for purchasing the right horse to do a handy job in the state, and his recent stable addition Taxi Meter looks to fit that bill. The gelded son of Lonestar Legend hadn’t won since November 2019 but has slotted into the Smith stable well with a dominant first-up win on Sunday in a slick 1m 57.5s for the 1680-metre trip.

Cardinal Ringo – was another pacer to find the winners’ circle for the first time since late 2019 when scoring in a rating 65 to 79 event. Settling one-out and six-back, driver Rohan Hadley was able to enjoy some solid early sections upfront before weaving his way through the field on the Chester Bullock trained pacer to score his seventh career win.

Jack Laugher – we often mention the great things the local-born participants are achieving interstate, and Jack was able to chalk up a milestone win on Friday with his 300th driving win. At the time of writing, Laugher has a narrow lead at the top of the Victorian Drivers’ Premiership with 85 wins for the 2021 season.

Multiple Winners

Launceston – Sunday evening
Ben Yole – training double; Richmond Tiger and Kiavino Stride,
Todd Rattray – training and driving double; Kadar and Lancelot,
Rohan Hillier – driving double; Miss Papenhuyzen and Karalta Courage.

Tasracing Calculated Sectionals

Launceston – Sunday evening
Golden Mile: Cool Water Paddy 56.00s, Racketeers Boy 56.26s, Blackbird Power 56.78s and Scooterwillrev 56.98s.

Remaining races: Cardinal Ringo 56.62s, Offthetopofmyhead 57.22, The Black Assassin 57.57s and Heza Bromac 57.61s.

View all available Tasmanian Sectional Data by clicking here.

Tasracing Official Price

Launceston – Sunday evening
Hit’s: Richmond Tiger $2.40 into $1.40, Kadar $9.00 into $5.50, Taxi Meter $19 into $6.50, Lancelot $1.45 into $1.24, Cool Water Paddy $2.70 into $2.30 and Iden Black Prince $2.00 into $1.80.

Defied The Drift: Miss Papenhuyzen $1.40 out to $1.50, Cardinal Ringo $7.50 out to $12, Karalta Courage $4.60 into $5.50 and Kiavino Stride $4.20 into $5.50.

Missed: Dolly Miss Molly $3.30 into $2.70, Moonlite Bay $9.00 into $5.50, Somedan $11 into $5.00, Deadly Assassin $8.50 into $6.00, Yatsenyuk Leis $14 into $7.00, My Celebrity $6.00 into $3.30, Oneofthelads $6.00 into $3.60 and Rambleon $4.00 into $3.30.

Trial File

Carrick Park Saturday morning
Three trials were held on Saturday morning where the Linsey Tatnell-trained Cee Em Jamane recorded the quickest mile rate of the session in 2:04.8.

The unraced Live Or Die three-year-old filly showed good gate speed in the initial stages before taking a trail on the back of the leader before weaving between runners in the home straight to score by a head in the rating 49 to 50 trial.

Two-year-old colt Family Feelgood led all the way to score in his trial by a big margin in 2:07.6, while The Floyd also led all the way to win his rating 42 to 53 trial by 10 metres in 2:06.9.

Week Ahead

Friday: The Rodney Ashwood-trained Still Hungover is engaged in a strong rating 73 to 120 event at Mildura at their afternoon program, Rodney’s son Alex has been booked for the drive.

Saturday: Star Tasmanian pacer Ignatius lines up at Menangle in the Group 3 J. D. Watts Memorial at 7:20 pm. The gelded son of Roll With Joe has won three of his past four efforts and has drawn wide in barrier nine if the emergencies fail to gain a start.

Tasmanian owned and bred Streitkid lines up in the opening race at Melton.

Sunday: Harness racing heads to Hobart for an 11-race card, where the inform Jack James will be chasing a hat-trick of wins in the Phoenix Basketball Pace.

The opening race is scheduled for 4:37 pm, and the interim Sky Racing schedule sees the opening race on Sky Racing 2, with the final ten races on Sky Racing 1.

Monday: Trials will be held in Hobart from 5:30 pm, with replays to be available on tasracing.com.au after the session.