Trots » St Arnaud Trotters Cup http://www.trots.com.au Trots, or Harness Racing is a type of horse race which focuses on the horses gait method and requires the horse to pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.trots.com.au http://www.trots.com.au/wp-content/themes/trots_theme/favicon.ico Trots In Pursuit Wins St. Arnaud Trotters Cup http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/25/in-pursuit-wins-st-arnaud-trotters-cup/ http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/25/in-pursuit-wins-st-arnaud-trotters-cup/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:34:56 +0000 admin http://www.trots.com.au/?p=137 On Friday night In Pursuit won the $12 000 Weirs St Arnaud Supa IGA Trotters Cup (2760m) at Tabcorp Park Melton in a blitzing display of talent.

The brilliant squaregaiter In Pursuit ($7.90) followed up his excellent win in the Group 3 Chris Howe Trotters Cup last start by claiming victory again ahead of an elite field in 3:32.7.

The bay gelding (by Monarchy out of Going Alone) defeated the $2.30 favourite Don King, ridden by Daryl Douglas, by 11.8m with Save A Sixpence and Graeme Lang a further four meters back in third.

In Pursuit’s trainer Michael Marais now plans to take his rapidly improving trotter to the Victoria Cup Carnival where In Pursuit will come up against star trotter Skyvalley.

The other feature race of the night was the St Arnaud Sporting Cub Pacing Cup (2760m) won by the up-and-coming Victorian harness star Jaccka Clive. The David Aiken-trained winner went out as the clear favourite at $2.40 and proved why by defeating Romeo Castle by 6.2m with Harry Walton in third.

Weirs St Arnaud Supa IGA Trotters Cup Results:

Place

Horse

Prizemoney

Row & Br.

Trainer

Driver

Margin (m)
1
IN PURSUIT (NZ)
 $8100 Fr1 M C Marais M C Marais -
2
DON KING (NZ)
 $1800 Fr3 G A Lang D K Douglas 11.80
3
SAVE A SIXPENCE
 $1200 Fr1 G A Lang G A Lang 15.80
4
RETAINED
 $600 Fr1 J D Justice J D Justice 20.40
5
EARL OF MOT (NZ)
 $300 Fr1 L J Justice L J Justice 24.50
6
AFRITI
 - Fr5 K L Tippet K L Tippet 27.40
7
DANNY BOUCHEA
 - Fr2 N Youngson N Youngson 27.70
8
MAIN ARTERY
 - Fr6 R R Sugars R R Sugars 27.90
9
PEPPERELL DANCER
 - Fr4 D J Woolcock D J Woolcock 31.70
10
SPEEDY ATOM
 - Fr7 K L Tippet J J Caldow 44.00
11
GENTLEMANS HONOUR
 - Fr2 M Calaz G R Sugars 73.80
12
SHIRAZ CABERNET
 - Fr3 J L Douglas G F Douglas 84.60
13
WESTWOOD CASTLETON (NZ)
 - Sr1 C W Lang C A Lang 248.30

]]> http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/25/in-pursuit-wins-st-arnaud-trotters-cup/feed/ 0 In Pursuit Wins Chris Howe Trotters Cup http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/19/in-pursuit-wins-chris-howe-trotters-cup/ http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/19/in-pursuit-wins-chris-howe-trotters-cup/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:02:55 +0000 admin http://www.trots.com.au/?p=86 Last Saturday Tabcorp Park Melton in Victoria hosted the highly anticipated $20 000 Group 3 Chris Howe Trotters Cup (2760m) where the super consistent In Pursuit ($5.20) claimed victory.

The bay gelding by Monarchy (USA) out of Going Alone (NZ) driven by M. Marais scored a 2m victory ahead of runner-up Dream A Moment ($3.20) with the odds-on favourite starting the race, Ronerail ($3.00), coming in third some 8.2m from the winner. It was an impressive victory despite In Pursuit’s driver being fined, In Pursuit clocked a gross time of 3.38.8.

Runner-up Dream A Moment and K. Manning surrendered the lead early and were behind the leader and eventual winner In Pursuit by the bell. The emerging trotting star and early favourite for the race, Heyzeal, was a late scratching reducing the final field to nine trotters.

In Pursuit’s next race start will be this Friday night at Tabcorp Park Melton in the $12 000 Weirs St Arnaud Supa IGA Cup.

Group 3 Chris Howe Trotters Cup Results:

Placing

Horse

Prize-Money

Row & Br.

Trainer

Driver

Margin
1
IN PURSUIT
 $13 500 Sr1 M C Marais M C Marais
2
DREAM A MOMENT (NZ)
 $3000 Fr1 K E Manning K E Manning 2.00
3
RONERAIL
 $2000 Fr1 M A Hughes J N Quinlan 8.20
4
FALSE GEM
 $1000 Fr5 R B Conroy G R Conroy 9.30
5
EARL OF MOT (NZ)
 Fr4 L J Justice L J Justice 11.90
6
LA MOSCA
 Fr1 G J Bailey R A Payne 13.80
7
MONTROSE KID (NZ)
 Fr6 M C Marais D K Douglas 14.20
8
PEPPERELL DANCER
 Fr3 D J Woolcock D J Woolcock 19.10
9
SUNSET TRUSCOTT
 Fr2 C N Angove C M McSwain 23.80

Scratchings:

HEYZEAL (LATE)

]]> http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/19/in-pursuit-wins-chris-howe-trotters-cup/feed/ 0 Friday Night’s St. Arnaud Trotters Cup Final Field & Tabcorp Park Race Programme http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/19/friday-night%e2%80%99s-st-arnaud-trotters-cup-final-field-tabcorp-park-race-programme/ http://www.trots.com.au/2009/11/19/friday-night%e2%80%99s-st-arnaud-trotters-cup-final-field-tabcorp-park-race-programme/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:27:41 +0000 admin http://www.trots.com.au/?p=83 This Friday night Tabcorp Park Melton in Victoria will host the $12 000 St Arnaud Trotters Cup (2760m).

A warm favourite for the event is In Pursuit, coming off a last start victory in the Chris Howe Trotters Cup. Prior to the Group 3 win, In Pursuit has displayed consistently great form placing second in their previous four starts.

Another in-form trotter coming off four successive wins is Lang’s Don King driven by Daryl Douglas.

The Weirs St Arnaud Supa IGA Trotters Cup is scheduled as race five on the bumper nine race programme on Saturday night and is due to commence at 8:40pm.

St Arnaud Trotters Cup Final Field:

#

Form

Horse

Trainer

Driver

Class
1 13131 RETAINED J D Justice John Justice T3 TM0
2 31116 GENTLEMANS HONOUR M Calaz Greg Sugars T4 TM0
3 33375 SHIRAZ CABERNET J L Douglas Glenn Douglas T5 TM0
4 22862 SI CAPISO N L Welsh Neville Welsh T6 TM0
5 s2974 AFRITI K L Tippet Ken Tippet T6 TM0
6 1279s MAIN ARTERY R R Sugars Ross Sugars T8 TM0
7 x0835 SPEEDY ATOM K L Tippet John Caldow T4 TM0

Second Row:

#

Form

Horse

Trainer

Driver

Class
8 15161 WESTWOOD CASTLETON (NZ) C W Lang Chris Lang Jnr T6 TM0
9 50145 EARL OF MOT (NZ) L J Justice Lance Justice T8 TM2
10 7s213 DANNY BOUCHEA N Youngson Nick Youngson T8 TM1
11 s1111 Don King (NZ) G A Lang Daryl Douglas T9 TM1
12 54588 PEPPERELL DANCER D J Woolcock Daryl Woolcock T11 TM2
13 22221 IN PURSUIT (NZ) M C Marais Michael Marais T9 TM2
14 22136 SAVE A SIXPENCE G A Lang Graeme Lang T10 TM4

Tabcorp Park Melton Race Programme – Friday November 20:

Race 1 Tabcorp Park Melton Pace (1720m) C1 only 6:40pm
Race 2 Race-Tech Australia Pace (1720m) C0 only 7:10pm
Race 3 Big6 Pacers Handicap (2240m) C2 or better 7:40pm
Race 4 Sew-Eurodrive Pace (2240m) C4 to C5 8:10pm
Race 5 Weirs St Arnaud Supa IGA Trotters Cup (2760m) T5 or better 8:40pm
Race 6 St Arnaud Club Pace Final (2240m) C1 only 9:10pm
Race 7 St Arnaud Sporting Club Pacing Cup (2760m) C8 or better 9:40pm
Race 8 Boyd Family In Appreciation Trot (2240m) T1 to T2 10:10pm
Race 9 St Arnaud Home Coming @ Melton 3YO Pace (1720m) 3C0 to 3C1 10:42pm
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