Harness Racing driver Kate Gath admits to not having too many favourites.
“It’s hard to be one of my favourites,” the champion reinswoman said after Tornado Valley’s scintillating 1:56.1 win tonight at Ballarat in Round 2 of the TAB Inter Dominion Trotting Championship.
Tornado Valley showed gate speed at the start to muscle his way to the top and hot speed late as he ripped home in 27 seconds for the last 400m.
“This fella is up there now,” she said, naming gun pacers About To Rock and Caribbean Blaster as her two favourites so far.
“Only time will tell though if he can catch the other two.”
TAB shortened Tornado Valley into $2 from $2.1 following tonight’s win.
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5 | 8:02pm | TAB INTER DOMINION TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP (2ND ROUND QUALIFYING HEAT 2) (GROUP 3) | 1710M |
$20,000 TM0 Or Better. RBD. Mobile | Results |
Pl | Horse | Prize- money |
Row & Br |
TAB # |
Trainer | Driver (C = Concession) |
Mgn (m) |
Starting odds |
Stewards' Comments |
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1 | TORNADO VALLEY NZ | Fr7 | 7 | Andy Gath | Kate Gath | $ 2.20 | PRS GS L 1 SWAB | ||||
BAY GELDING 7 by SKYVALLEY NZ out of BEGIN (NZ) () Owner(s): N R (Norm) Jenkin Breeder(s): P L Gaugler, T M McMillan |
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2 | SAVE OUR PENNYS | Fr2 | 2 | Gavin Lang | Gavin Lang | 2.10 | $ 9.80 | GS 3 USL SWAB | |||
3 | SPEEDING SPUR NZ | Fr5 | 5 | J W Dickie, J I Dickie | Josh Dickie | 2.60 | $ 2.10 fav | PRS GS OLT 2 | |||
4 | TOUGH MONARCH | Sr3 | 10 | Rickie Alchin | Rickie Alchin | 8.60 | $ 18.40 | 10 3WL | |||
5 | RED HOT TOOTH | Sr2 | 9 | Kari Males | Zac Phillips | 9.20 | $ 22.30 | PRS 5 | |||
6 | ROMPERS MONARCHY NZ | Fr6 | 6 | J A Rando, M J Rando | David Morris | 10.10 | $ 98.90 | PRS PH 4 | |||
7 | FATHER CHRISTMAS NZ | Fr3 | 3 | Brent Lilley | Greg Sugars | 12.40 | $ 58.50 | PRU 8 | |||
8 | ALDERBECK NZ | Fr4 | 4 | Phil Williamson | Anthony Butt | 13.30 | $ 84.30 | 6 | |||
9 | KHEIRON | Sr1 | 8 | Peter Lane | Chris Lang | 17.00 | $ 114.00 | PRS 9 | |||
10 | OUR TWENTYTEN NZ | Fr1 | 1 | Brent Lilley | Rodney Petroff | 23.20 | $ 101.00 | PRS 7 CMP |
Scratchings | |
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CRUISIN AROUND | 11 |
Track Rating: GOOD | Gross Time: 2:03:3 | Mile Rate: 1:56:1 | Lead Time: 6.7 |
First Quarter: 29 | Second Quarter: 31.2 | Third Quarter: 29.4 | Fourth Quarter: 27 |
Margins: 2.1m x HD |
Trots Media – Cody Winnell