"THE WEEK THAT WAS"...26/03/2011..
TROT TACTICS..26/03/2011...
Consistently successful Haigslea owner/trainer,Bill Crosby,was in the spotlight at the "Breeder's Finals" meeting at Parklands last Friday night.Crosby produced his stable star,Final Champion to take out the 3yo Colts and Geldings division of the Q-bred Classic.Aided by a cold and calculated drive from regular reinsman,Gary Whitaker,the gelded son of Town Champion and Timid Lady was able to outsprint the favourite Marshall Law over the last 50 metres to score convincingly.Crosby,who is well known as a breeder of quality juveniles and owner of a select band of producing broodmares,purchased Timid Lady from Rockhampton breeder,Tony Burgoyne to further improve his team of matrons.Final Champion was the foal at foot,and with $69,514 from 28 starts which have produced 12 wins 8 seconds and 3 thirds the little guy has more than bankrolled the deal.Along the way,the gelding has grown into an impressive race animal.Final Champion is on his way to the spelling paddock with no further racing planned till next season.Bill Crosby believes that FC,given the chance to mature fully,can take the big step to serious "black type" events..Why not?
If YOU want a Final Champion,there are some 80 candidates to go under the hammer at Redcliffe tomorrow.In a sale which never disappoints,the Redcliffe Club has a very classy lineup to offer potential owners.If you need any incentives other than well-bred and well conformed yearlings,there is the sale related 2yo race for prizemoney money of $50,000 and bonuses totalling $5.000 for owners and trainers of the first career penalty winners from the draft.The lucky breeder of the Final winner will score a handy $2,500 for his efforts.YOU, could perhaps outlay $6k and buy an Abbey Tiara,currently sitting on earnings of $217,963..Just be there with your catalogue,check book and a sense of adventure..
Marburg is on today.Rain caused the abandonment of last Saturday's meeting,but the Marburg men are hoping for better today,Kick off is at 12.40pm,but why not get out there at about 11.15am and watch the trials.Bookies,beer and good cheap food are the side dishes to a menu card of country racing on the "see it all" Showgrounds track.
Every trainer with double figure horse numbers wants multiple winners and Shane Sanderson is no exception.Last Wednesday night at Redcliffe, Gatton based Sanderson started five horses for a double and three seconds.It could easily have been four winners and one second..Nice try!!