Widely-travelled harness racing driver former New Zealander Ben Woodsford drove his first Tasmanian winner in Hobart on Friday night.
He was successful on Animi Sub Ignis, the first leg of a longshot double for trainer Bradley Walters who also scored with another $21 chance, Mavis Merle.
Woodsford, who has 37 career winners to his credit, was living in Queensland when he came to Tasmania in May for what he thought would be one weekend.
Trainer Gavin Kelly offered him a job while he was here.
"I thought a change was as good as a holiday and now I'm stuck here," he said.
Woodsford, 21, worked for Shane and Lauren Tritton in NSW before moving to Queensland.
He had no involvement with harness racing in New Zealand but his father Steven is a thoroughbred trainer.
Woodsford's willingness to drive trackwork at Brighton has led to him getting an increasing number of opportunities in races.
Yole brothers stole the show
Ben Yole moved to 166 wins for the season with a treble at Mowbray on Sunday night.
He had all 12 runners in the race won by Fortino.
His brother Mark holds a 14-win lead on the drivers' premiership with seven meetings remaining.
Yole has won 79 races, only six shy of the tally that won him the 2015-16 premiership.
The closest battle is for junior driver honours where Conor Crook, on 28 wins, leads Samantha Gangell by just one.
Gangell has opened up a five-win lead over Hannah Van dongen on the female drivers' table.
Bianca Heenan will win the female trainers' title by a big margin. She has 46 wins, more than double her nearest rival.
Harness racing makes midweek move
Tasracing has moved four harness meetings in September from Sunday nights to Wednesday nights.
They will take the Sky 1 timeslot usually occupied by Redcliffe which is understood to be closing for renovations.
It will be a good chance for Tasmanian harness racing to test the midweek waters.
If the opportunity arises, a permanent midweek timeslot on Sky 1 would seem preferable to the Friday night Sky 2 meetings that struggle for turnover.
By Greg Mansfield