Trots » Sunnyfield Trotters Mile 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. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:53:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sundons Gift Wins NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile http://www.trots.com.au/2010/03/09/sundons-gift-wins-nsw-sunnyfield-trotters-mile/ http://www.trots.com.au/2010/03/09/sundons-gift-wins-nsw-sunnyfield-trotters-mile/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:48:37 +0000 admin http://www.trots.com.au/?p=331 The latest Group 1 trotting feature took place at Harold Park on Sunday, the $50, 000 NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile as part of a thrilling afternoon of racing highlighted by the prestigious $1million Group 1 Watpac 2010 Inter Dominion Pacing Grand Final.

Sundons Gift is now a six-time Group 1 winner following his win in the Sunnyfield Trotters Mile

Brilliant eight-year-old trotter Sundons Gift claimed another impressive feature when he took out the 2010 Sunnyfield Trotters Mile, giving the Chris Lang trained and driven son of Sundon his 30th career victory from 58 starts and his sixth Group 1 success.

Sundons Gift started the race as the hot $1.10 favourite and led throughout the 1609m mobile start sprint after jumping well from barrier three. The classy Inter Dominion champion held strong to defeat local mare Misschells ($25.30), who had a great run behind the leader all the way, by 3.6m.

It was a photo finish for third with the highly seeded Cillas Earl ($7) 7m back from the winner after racing out wide, just a fraction in front of long priced roughie La Mosca ($108) only 0.1m further back.

Sundons Gift narrowly missed out on the Australian mile record of 1:56.2, running a sharp 1:56.3.

2010 NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile Results:

Placing

Horse

Prizemoney

Row & Br.

Trainer

Driver

Margin (m)
1
SUNDONS GIFT (NZ)
 $27, 500 Fr3 C W Lang C W Lang -
2
MISSCSHELLS (NZ)
 $11, 000 Fr1 D R Hancock D R Hancock 3.60
3
CILLAS EARL (NZ)
 $5, 500 Fr6 M C Marais M C Marais 7.00
4
LA MOSCA
 $2, 500 Fr4 P R J Fitzpatrick B P Fitzpatrick 7.10
5
JOE BRO (NZ)
 $1, 000 Fr9 P G Manning K E Manning 7.70
6
COOLMAINE (NZ)
 $500 Fr5 R D Commens J B Willick 8.80
7
ARMED GUARD (NZ)
 $500 Fr8 R A Shinn C N Shinn 11.80
8
SOLAR ACTIVE (NZ)
 $500 Fr2 T Abela C J Fitzpatrick 25.70
9
ACACIA RIDGE
 $500 Fr10 G D Hoban G D Hoban 50.60
10
RONERAIL
 $500 Fr7 M A Hughes G Lang 302.80
Scratched:
KYVALLEY MAC (NZ)
]]> http://www.trots.com.au/2010/03/09/sundons-gift-wins-nsw-sunnyfield-trotters-mile/feed/ 0 Sunday’s NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile Final Field & Preview http://www.trots.com.au/2010/03/02/sunday%e2%80%99s-nsw-sunnyfield-trotters-mile-final-field-preview/ http://www.trots.com.au/2010/03/02/sunday%e2%80%99s-nsw-sunnyfield-trotters-mile-final-field-preview/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:13:47 +0000 admin http://www.trots.com.au/?p=329 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
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