Mr Love sneaks up the leaderboard in Dominion Trot rankings

Following his stirring win in the Tactical Approach D G Jones Banks Peninsula Cup, Mr Love (Love You) has sneaked into the harness racing field for the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot in the latest rankings.

The Greg and Nina Hope-trained trotter came from a long way back to mount a huge finish to win the Group 3 on the grass at Motukarara on Sunday.

Now he’s been rewarded by going up nine places in this week’s rankings to 15th – the cut off for the $400,000 Dominion Trot on IRT New Zealand Trotting Day at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 12.

Kyvalley Hotspur, who finished third in the race after starting off 10 metres, is also a mover, improving three places to ninth.

The top eight places remain unchanged from last week.

Three Barry Purdon – Scott Phelan trained stablemates are the main talking points in this week’s rankings for the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup.

After winning the IRT Spring Cup at Alexandra Park on Saturday night, Sooner The Bettor climbs from 13th to ninth, while runner-up Merlin improves one place to fourth.

He swaps places with stablemate Mach Shard, who finished fifth in the Spring Cup. Both Merlin and Mach Shard were the backmarkers, off 20 metres.

To see the latest rankings, click here.

From Harness Racing New Zealand