Race Meeting Report Thursday 17th September 2020

Thursday afternoon 17th September saw a nine (9) race meeting conducted on a dry, warm Spring afternoon, in stark contrast to the wet race meeting of the previous week.

Two Heats of the Breeders Challenge Series, rescheduled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic were held for 3 year olds with the:

• 3 Year Old Fillies won by the KerryAnn Morris trained and Robert Morris driven EYE CAN RUN, which started as the $1.50 favourite.
• 3 Year Old Colts & Geldings won by the Clayton Harmey trained and Blake Hughes driven MAJOR BOB, which started as the $1.35 favourite.

Both now progress to the Semi-Finals to be held at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday 17th October. 

The highlight of the day was the race times on the recently resurfaced track, with all Mile Rates of 2:00.0 or less and the 3 Year Old track record over 1609metres which has stood since August 2016, broken by 1.6 seconds by MAJOR BOB in the 3YO Breeders Challenge Colts & Geldings Heat in a time of 1:55.3.

The competition winners on the day were:

THE PUB DRIVE OF THE DAY: TOM ISON driving

WATER MASTER.

TOM receives 1 bottle of wine

courtesy The Pub, Gunnedah Rd Tamworth

HAZELLS FARM AND FERTILIZER SERVICES LOCAL TRAINER AWARD

(a random draw from the local 67 phone area trainers, who have horses engaged in the race meeting, with a time restriction as to when the winning trainer can re-enter subsequent draws)

The TENTH draw was won by Trainer: TIM VARGA

TIM receives 2 bags Hygain feed courtesy Hazells Farm & Fertilizer Services.

FOR THE MEETING'S RACE RESULTS PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK:

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=TA170920