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GROUP 1 WIN Bettors Delight mare wins
second Vicbred Final READ MORE INSIDE
Bella’s Delight driven to
Gr 1 victory by Greg
Sugars
Harness Racing Magazine
TABCPORP PARK MELTON
Outstanding four-year-old
Bellas Delight scored back
to back Vicbred Mares Final
victories at Tabcorp Park on
Friday, May 3rd.
In a stunning performance
the daughter of Bettors
Delight scored her 11th win
from 26 starts and her fifth
victory in succession taking
out the $100,000 Group 1
Empire Stallions Super Se-
ries Final.
The Paul and Kari Males-
trained reigning Victorian
Filly of the Year became a
three-time top-level winner,
defeating South Australian
Repelem in a driving finish
after sitting in the breeze
for the final lap. Bellas
Delight clocked a 1:57.8
mile rate and came home
in 28.6 as she simply out-
classed her rivals. Winning
trainer Kari Males was
thrilled with the perform-
ance of her stable star and
heaped praise on driver
Greg Sugars. “She just
doesn’t know when to give
up, she’s fantastic. And
Greg was sensational. He
knew the horse and drove it
really well,” Males said.
Going into the race, Males
said she had been confi-
dent despite a back-row
draw. “I wasn’t too worried
about the draw because I
felt we had the best horse
in the race,” she said.
“She’s just such a competi-
tor. Everything she does
she wants to be in front.”
Repelem improved vastly
on her last-start failure to
finish second for SA driver
Ryan Hryhorec, while
Shakchloe ran third after
saving ground on the in-
side and securing a sprint
lane run in the straight for
Rebecca Bartley.
The disappointment of the
race was Jayne Davies-
trained Aussie Made
Lombo, with the former
superstar juvenile off the
bit and struggling a long
way from home before
winding up second-last for
driver Chris Alford. Males
said Bellas Delight would
now have a freshen-up be-
fore contesting the Breed-
ers Crown series later this
year.-with files from Cody Winnell
May 7th, 2012
BELLA GETS VICBRED DOUBLE In this issue
Bella Gets Double 2
Dexter Cup USA 3
Tubbs Group 1 salute 3
Doosit Does It again 4
Town Plays Hard 4
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Greg Sugars steers mighty mare Bellas Delight to Group 1 glory
Bellas Delight’s managing owner Rob Auber with Greg Sugars
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changed when the heavily
favoured Market Share
made a break when in the
lead at the quarter-mile
mark.“The whole key to
NEW JERSEY USA: Not
Afraid, making his first
start in trotting hopples,
led from start to finish to
win the $138,300 Dexter
Cup for 3-year-old trotting
colts and geldings at Free-
hold Raceway, by a head,
in a career-best time of
1:55.4, May 5th. Ron
Pierce drive for trainer
Jimmy Takter. Bites K was
second and On The
Podium third. Pierce said
the tenor of the race
the race was getting
everybody behind us except
for Jeffrey’s (Gregory) horse
(Market Share),” Pierce
said. “When he tipped over,
that gave us the race more
or less. He was kind of hy-
per; he relaxed just enough
to where he kept a good
hold of the bit, so I was
able to get him around
there.“He’s maturing very
nicely. 1:55.4 -- that’s do-
ing something on a half (-
mile track) for a 3 year-old
colt this early in the year.
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TUBBS SALUTES GROUP 1 TROT SUCCESS AT TABCORP PARK
N O F E A R F O R 3 Y O I N D E X T E R C U P U S A
“When I got up this
morning I saw the
trophy sitting on top of
the fireplace and I
realised then it wasn’t
just a dream,”
May 7th, 2012
T A B C O R P P A R K M E LT O N :
Bacchus Marsh trainer-driver Amy
Tubbs enjoyed Group 1 glory with
Brunelleschi in the Empire
Stallions Vicbred Super Series
Three-Year-Old Trotters Final at
Tabcorp Park Melton, on May 4th.
Despite sitting three-wide for the
last lap, Tubbs and Brunelleschi
shot to the front at the top of the
home straight to score a strong
win over outsider El Paco, who
benefited from a tip-top drive by
in-form reinsman Nathan Jack,
with Waikare Patricia finishing
third for Grant Campbell.
Tubbs’ mother Kate, who owns the
daughter of Tennotrump, described
the performance as “absolutely bril-
liant”.
“When I got up this morning I saw
the trophy sitting on top of the fire-
place and I realised then it wasn’t
just a dream,” she said. Tubbs gave
a celebratory salute crossing the
line, clearly delighted with her
victory.
Race favourite Shes An Image was
under pressure before the straight
and could only manage fifth.
Amy Tubbs gives a big victory salute with Brunelleschi winning the Group 1 Vicbred Trot at Melton
Not Afraid - Ron Pierce
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TOW N PLAY S HA R D TO WI N TH E TE D M A N TO N M EM O RI A L T RO T
They've got Black
Caviar in Australia
but we have I Can
Doosit in New
Zealand,"
AUCKLAND - NEW ZEALAND: Trainer-
driver Mark Purdon already knew I Can
Doosit had gone to another level but the
clapping and cheering which greeted him
long before he hit the winning post in the
$150,000 Canam Rowe Cup on Friday
May 4th at Auckland’s Alexandra Park
signalled that everyone else knew it too.
The applause broke out soon after the
champion trotter put paid to his rivals
with an electrifying burst on straightening
that took him more than five lengths clear
in a twinkling. And it continued when his
winning time was announced as the fast-
est in the history of the event, his
4:05.08 for the 3200 metres closed off
with sectionals of 57.2 for the 800 and
28.4 for the 400, times normally run by
pacers. His feat of winning back-to-back
Rowe Cups and notching his 12th straight
win drew praise from all quarters, Auck-
land Trotting Club president Rod Croon
talking of a superstar having been
born."They've got Black Caviar in Australia
but we have I Can Doosit in New Zea-
land," he said before inviting 12-year-old
George Breckon to accept the trophy.
That improvement has also given Purdon
the confidence to now consider a north-
ern hemisphere campaign with the 6-
year-old next season.. And watching on,
dad Ken and mum Karen seemed almost
as proud of the speech which followed as
of the stunning season-closing perform-
ance which took I Can Doosit's bankroll
to a massive amount of $1,181,703.
Purdon said I Can Doosit's eight-length
annihilation in last week's Anzac Cup
gave him the confidence to make his
searching mid-race run to claim the
d e a t h s e a t a t t h e b e l l .
"Until last week he'd won a lot of races
this season but he'd also had some lovely
runs. "But he's definitely gone to a new
level in the last month. He's a real cham-
pion now."Purdon and Ken Breckon will
meet to discuss a plan while I Can Doosit
takes a break – he's headed home to
Breckon Farms, near Te Awamutu , where
he was born and raised.
I Can Doosit in action in Australia
BENDIGO — Four-year-old Classic Adam mare
Town Player, raced, trained and driven by
Sebastopol's Tina Ridis took out the Ted Manton
Memorial Trot on May 3rd at Bendigo.
Sponsored by the Manton family the Trot was
the fifth running of the memorial event. Ted
Manton's son Darren and his wife Debbie and
their children including their son Ashley who
drove the family horse Prettyboy Mitch in the
race were on hand to present the trophy to the
winning connections. Having just her third start
back from a spell, Town Player came from a 20
metre handicap in the standing start event and
raced parked for the entire 2150 metres but
hung tough to beat Pepperell Rose (Greg
Sugars) by 1.3 metres with Kingofthedesert
(Ashley Warton) in third place 5.5 metres from
the winner. It was Town Player's second victory
this season. The 7yo mare bred by John Camp-
bell has now raced 34 times for 11 wins. - David
Aldred Top: Town Player Bottom: Cup presentation