There's an old saying in the harness racing industry and that is to always try and keep yourself in the best company and your horses in the worst.
While that might sound derogatory towards other horses, the adage rings true so often and it is relevant for handy mare Days Like This that lines up in a C1-C2 mares race over 1609 metres at Luxbet Park Hobart on Sunday night.
The Brian Stanley-trained five-year-old comes off a win in a similar class race in Launceston last Sunday night over 1680 metres in which she defeated the well-regarded Stingofascorpion by three metres and clocked a mile rate of two minutes.
She drew the font line in that race (5) and delivered a bold front-running performance to run her rivals ragged.
On Sunday night she has again drawn the front row (gate 2) from which she should have enough gate speed to find the front and if that eventuates she should be too strong for her rivals.
Olwen Jaccka (6) is in top form having won two and been placed twice from her past five starts, so she looms as the main danger while Glamour Art (5) and Vander Jenkins (4) loom as the best of the rest in the small field of six.
This will be start 40 for Days Like This that has won four and been placed eight times for career stake earnings of just over $31,000 and she has a best mile rate of 1.59.7 that she achieved in winning a two-year-old event at only her fourth race start.
Peter Staples