This Friday night Victoria’s Tabcorp Park are set to host the next thrilling Group feature trotting event, the $20, 000 Group 3 Maori’s Idol Memorial.
12 top trotters are engaged in the testing 2240m, headlined by Chris Lang’s brilliant and ever consistent gelding Sundons Gift drawn wide in barrier 12.
The outstanding Inter Dominion Trotting Champion is seemingly unstoppable and is coming off a succession of sensational victories including his last-start win in the Group 1 Sunnyfield Trotters Mile.
Last year Sundons Gift claimed victory in both the Inter Dominion and Maori’s Idol Memorial. This year he made it back-to-back Inter Dominion success and on Friday he will look to make it back-to-back wins in the Maori’s Idol too.
Despite the less than ideal barrier draw Sundons Gift will still start as the odds-on favourite and has the speed, ability, form and determination to overcome the wide draw and will be the one to beat.
Lang also has Kyvalley Mac starting in the Maori’s Idol Memorial, the Earl gelding having secured the prized barrier one. Kyvalley Mac will be driven by Ben Gledhill as Lang drives his star Sundons Gift.
Other starters in the trotting feature at the meeting include the Lance Justice trained and driven Earl Of Mot drawn well in barrier two, Graeme Lang’s last start winner Sosoclassy, Joe Bro in barrier six coming off a last start fifth in the Sunnyfiled Trotters Cup, and the Gary Hoban-trained Acacia Ridge out wide in 11.
The M.E. Bell Projects Maori’s Idol Memorial is programmed as race six on the night’s cracker nine-race card and is scheduled to start at 9:12pm (VIC time).
2010 Maori’s Idol Memorial Final Field & Barrier Draw:
# |
Form |
Horse |
Trainer |
Driver |
Class |
| 1 | 69328 |
KYVALLEY MAC (NZ) |
C W Lang | Ben Gledhill | T8 TM1 |
| 2 | 22980 |
EARL OF MOT (NZ) |
L J Justice | Lance Justice | T7 TM1 |
| 3 | 72056 |
PEPPERELL DANCER |
D J Woolcock | Ross Payne | T10 TM1 |
| 4 | 22431 |
SOSOCLASSY |
G A Lang | Graeme Lang | T6 TM1 |
| 5 | 68822 |
YENTLS STAR |
D Aiken | David Aiken | T6 TM1 |
| 6 | 69145 |
JOE BRO (NZ) |
P G Manning | Kerryn Manning | T9 TM3 |
| 7 | 58130 |
RONERAIL |
M A Hughes | Jodi Quinlan | T13 TM4 |
| Second Row: | |||||
| 8 | 03010 |
CONQUER ALL (NZ) |
C A Alford | Chris Alford | T10 TM1 |
| 9 | 8r275 |
BONITO |
P J Lindberg | Steven Lindberg | T9 TM1 |
| 10 | 79s08 |
FLYING HARDWICK (NZ) Em.1 |
R L Burnett | Rita Burnett | T12 TM5 |
| 11 | 22559 |
ACACIA RIDGE |
G D Hoban | Gary Hoban | T13 TM8 |
| 12 | 21111 |
SUNDONS GIFT (NZ) |
C W Lang | Chris Lang | T26 TM21 |
| 13 | 06093 |
LOOK HERE BLOKE |
P Sant | Daryl Douglas | T6 TM1 |