This Sunday, March 7, Tabcorp Park is set to host one of its most lucrative and exciting race meetings of the year with an elite line-up of harness features set to run. Aside from the major pacing events headlined by the $1 million Group 1 WATPAC 2010 Inter Dominion Championship Final, the next big trotting race will also take place – the $50, 000 Group 1 NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile (1609m).
The 2010 Sunnyfield Trotters Mile has attracted a star-studded field of 11 horses highlighted by Chris Lang’s brilliant Inter Dominion Trotting Champion Sundons Gift.
Lang will drive Sundons Gift on Sunday afternoon as the in-form trotter goes for his fourth successive race victory, which would be the 30th of his impressive career.
The experienced and consistent Sundon gelding has drawn ideally in barrier three and will be the one to beat on Sunday.
A top class field of rivals will be out to stop Sundons Gift including Solar Active (br. 2), the Michael Marais-trained Cillas Earl (br.6), Ronerail (br.7), Peter Manning’s recent Terang Trotters Cup winner Joe Bro (br. 9) and Acacia Ridge starting on the far outside from barrier 11.
Another interesting Trotters Mile starter is the Darren Hancock trained and driven Misscshells in barrier two. The Sundon filly has had a substandard strike rate throughout her career winning only eight of her 51 starts but has improved tremendously in the last year and is coming off a string of impressive runs. Having secured the prized barrier one, Misscshells looks a decent chance for a place here at good odds.
The Group 1 Sunnyfield Trotters Mile is scheduled as race five on the afternoon’s dazzling ten event programme and is due to jump at 3:10pm.
2010 NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile Final Field & Barrier Draw:
Br. |
Form |
Horse |
Trainer |
Driver |
Class |
| 1 | 33112 |
MISSCSHELLS (NZ) |
D R Hancock | Darren Hancock | T8 TM0 |
| 2 | 17369 |
SOLAR ACTIVE (NZ) |
T Abela | Cameron Fitzpatrick | T17 TM4 |
| 3 | 12111 |
SUNDONS GIFT (NZ) |
C W Lang | Chris Lang | T25 TM20 |
| 4 | 03046 |
LA MOSCA |
P R J Fitzpatrick | Blake Fitzpatrick | T10 TM3 |
| 5 | 24231 |
COOLMAINE (NZ) |
R D Commens | Joshua Willick | T6 TM2 |
| 6 | 21423 |
CILLAS EARL (NZ) |
M C Marais | Michael Marais | T10 TM3 |
| 7 | 65813 |
RONERAIL |
M A Huges | Gavin Lang | T13 TM4 |
| 8 | 38637 |
ARMED GUARD (NZ) |
R A Shinn | Christopher Shinn | T7 TM1 |
| 9 | s6914 |
JOE BRO (NZ) |
P G Manning | Kerryn Manning | T9 TM3 |
| 10 | 69328 |
KYVALLEY MAC (NZ) Em. 1 |
C W Lang | Chris Lang Jnr. | T8 TM1 |
| 11 | 12255 |
ACACIA RIDGE |
G D Hoban | Gary Hoban | T13 TM8 |




