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It was only a week or so back when SUPREME BRONCO took out the double at Rocklea with substitute driver DANIELLE McDOUGALL in the cart."BRONC" copped a 20 metre penalty for this effort,but it made no difference when regular sulky sitter,ALYSSA returned on Saturday."BRONC" held form to record a solid win.A post-race LeonePic to prove "when you're hot,you're more than just a bit warm.
Teagan Veivers and Ellie Sommer with KENNY GO and BLACK FLASH,leading the field from the warm-up area to the main track at Headquarters.
The front markers move in at the Rock SPADOINKLE (Jessica Manzelmann),BOB THE BUILDER (Billie Carkeet) and LITTLE HOBO (Georgie Manzelmann).Away in the background is the eternal backmarker,INATIK.No Free For All and no Claimer today.
A shy smile from DANIELLE McDOUGALL,with the trophy for race 2.It was shaping up to be a big day for Danielle and SUPREME BRONCO.This was the first leg of a double,but she didn't know it then.
TANGO and Ryan Veivers take out Race 1 at the Rock.A 2nd placing later in the program,gave RYAN,TANGO and WHATABOUTME the total of 3 wins and 1 place from 4 starts for the week.If only mine were going like that.
Another member of the McMullen family making her way along the road of "no fuss,self sufficiency",Dani-elle and her pony hitched a ride to Albion Park with father John,and brother Pete, and a truckload of pacers.Leaving the boys to their own devices,Dani-elle geared up her pony and herself,went round in a couple of races,and had everything tidied up and ready to go home long before the boys were finished.Which,for an 11 year old,is a pretty impressive performance.
Formerly the regular conveyance for promising claim driver,JAMIE DONOVAN,the veteran pony,BLACK FLASH, is helping ELLIE SOMMER to find her feet in the mini ranks.The "school master" as the hack / dressage people call them are the unsung heroes of the horse game in any of the competitive disciplines.This writer well remembers jumping out of a V8 car and into the sulky of a horse called GLEEWOOL in Whyalla SA some 43 years ago,not knowing the difference between a horse and a hippopotamus.(some will say that nothing has changed,bar the age)A 17 hand gelding that could not break 2.16 on a good 800 metre track was worth his weight in diamonds as an introduction to the trotting game for a young bloke who had never done more than look over the fence at HAROLD PARK.He was more than bombproof----he was "MUGPROOF"....Denis.
A nice threequarter shot of Alyssa MacDougall taking a firm hand with an excited SUPREME BRONCO as they leave the parade to warm up..LEONEPIC..