Saturday night Will Trapper claimed victory in the $30 000 Group 2 Majestic Son Cranbourne Trotters Cup.
Eight-year-old gelding Will Trapper ($6.40) defeated Acacia Ridge ($8.20) by 3.4m with Kyvalley Mac ($17.30) coming in 8.5m from the winner in third.
Odds-on favourite starting the race at $3.10 Ronerail ran a very dismal seventh attracting a vet’s examination after the race.
Another disappointing run was the Chris Lang-trained Sundowns Gift, the returning Inter Dominion champion finishing eighth.
Will Trapper, by Keystone Salute out of Downsouth Soon, clocked a sharp 3:18.5 (mile rate 2:05:0) over the 2555m event, proving he is in the right form for the upcoming Aldebaran Park Stud Bill Collins Trotters Sprints, for which he is aiming at back-to-back victory.
2009 Majestic Son Cranbourne Trotters Cup Result:
Placing |
Horse |
Prizemoney |
Row & Br. |
Trainer |
Driver |
Margin (m) |
| 1 |
WILL TRAPPER |
$20 250 | Fr4 | J F Noonan | T C Matthews | - |
| 2 |
ACACIA RIDGE |
$4 500 | Sr4 | G D Hoban | G D Hoban | 3.40 |
| 3 |
KYVALLEY MAC (NZ) |
$3 000 | Fr5 | C W Lang | C A Lang | 8.50 |
| 4 |
EARL OF MOT (NZ) |
$1 500 | Fr2 | L J Justice | R W Petroff | 8.70 |
| 5 |
LA MOSCA |
$750 | Fr6 | G J Bailey | R A Payne | 9.20 |
| 6 |
PEPPERELL DANCER |
- | Fr1 | D J Woolcock | D J Woolcock | 12.00 |
| 7 |
RONERAIL |
- | Sr1 | M A Hughes | J N Quinlan | 13.80 |
| 8 |
SUNDONS GIFT (NZ) |
- | Sr5 | C W Lang | C W Lang | 17.40 |
| 9 |
BILLY ROYLE |
- | Fr3 | J L Lewis | C A Alford | 21.00 |
| 10 |
VIVA LA FEVER |
- | Sr3 | R A Graham | B R Gath | 23.50 |
| 11 |
INDIAN WELLS (NZ) |
- | Sr2 | A L Peacock | D R Wilson | 23.60 |
Scratched:
SUNSET TRUSCOTT
