"THE WEEK THAT WAS"..28/05/2011..INCLUDES SELECTIONS FOR ALBION PARK..28/05..
"TROT TACTICS"..28/05/2011..
"Be Prepared" is the Boy Scouts motto and it could well be applied in all walks of life.So,if you ever fantasised about breeding a pacer or trotter,you should select the parents of your future star with extreme care."Peppertree Farm" in NSW has bought standardbred breeding research into the electronic age with their website/slash search engine..
On the same track is the news of a merger between major stallion handlers and semen outlets,The Stallion Station and Alabar Farms.Stallion Station will close its farm at Toolern Vale in Victoria,sending top sires Courage Under Fire and Major In Art to Alabar's facility in Echuca,while Mach Three and Art Official will head for Alabar New Zealand on the outskirts of Auckland.$4 million earner,Mr Big,has not ben assigned to either property at this time.Village Jasper,Courage Under Fire,Art Major,Armbro Operative,Mach Three,and Grin From Ear To Ear,currently occupy six of the nine top spots in the Sires Premiership for 2010/11..The net benefit of this merger to breeders,(mare owners),is said to be the opportunity to patronise these top of the tree stallions at reduced rates.Our prospective breeder has four months to make his choice,(get prepared),but,in reality,the size of his or her wallet will be the final arbiter of choice.
The Glamorganvale based operation of John an Pete McMullen continued on its happy way this week with the combination producing six winners (see resultsville).Pete was connected with two futher sucess's,as trainer of Justa Little Randy (Chantal Turpin) and driver of Days Place,trained by John Davis..John is quietly confident that this season will see him achieve a milestone by training a century or more of winners.He's got three full months and about 15 winners to get...looking like a $1.10 shot!!
Back with a bang came Simon Burrows.After taking a Sabbatical following a successful stint with Cold Mountain Stud,team Burrows re-entered the Brisbane trot scene at last Sunday's twilight fixture.One starter,one drive one win as SB sent Powerful Tycoon to the post a clear winner..KB was the delighted owner..Welcome back Captain!!
Resultsville...Gold Coast 20/05..White Eye Markei (Darrel Graham)..Cracker Of A Party (Ann Manwaring)...Albion Park 21/05..Courageous Annie (Darrel Graham)...Albion Park 22/05..Powerful Tycoon (Simon Burrows)..Big Of Hurry (Chris Petroff for Brett Cargill)..Gallymont Cruz (Trent for Geoff Dawson)..Sjs Dryden (Chris Petroff for Trevor Lambourn)...Albion Park 23/05..The Boy Wonder (Ray Cross)..Dropoftheirish (Pete for John McMullen)..Bud Fox (Chantal Turpin for Phil Mitchell)..Melton Striker (Pete for John McMullen)..The Red Rocket (Pete for John McMullen)..Melton Bon Style (Pete for John McMullen)...Albion Park 24/05..Montana Baron (Darrel Graham)..Parlo (Trevor Lambourn)..Vinnies Adventure (Cassie Saunders for Al Barnes)..Artzone (Trent for Geoff Dawson)..White Eye Markei (Darrel Graham)..Days Place (Pete McMullen for John Davis)..Redcliffe 25/05..nil...Gold Coast 26/05..Dropoftheirish (Pete for John)..Rennie Sivad (Pete for John)..Justa Little Randy (Chantal Turpin for Pete McMullen)...
Selections for Albion Park tonight..R 1: E/w 6: Falcons Legend (B.Cowen)..R 2: Trifecta 2-5-8: Rockys Image (M.Neilson)--General George (N.Rasmussen)--Jetsons Blue Jean (P.McMullen)..R 3: Quinella 1-2: Nickys Heir(J.Donovan) and Pacific Cruza (D.Belford)..R 4: E/w 6: The Seventh Son (J.McCarthy)..R 5: E/w 7: White Eye Markei (P.McMullen)..R 6: Quinella 1-8: Explosiveness (T.Dawson) and Ark De Jeanne (N.Rasmussen)..R 7: E/w 2: Slipperyville (G.Whitaker)..R 8: No 5: Fox Valley Appeal (G.Whitaker)..R 9: Trifecta 1-3-10: Mr Whizzer (B.Cowen)--Une De Mai (N.Rasmussen)--Willy Lightfoot (M.Neilson)...