DEAN Germon believes Idle Hands can win again at Tamworth Paceway tomorrow.
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The gelding has set the local arena light with some barnstorming wins in recent weeks and his young Tamworth trainer is confident he can repeat those victories when he jumps from mobile barrier seven tomorrow evening.
He has drawn the inside of the second line following out Guny Ganu Grand and Great Result and hoping they race forward in the $5100 Hats Off To Country Here July 7 Pace (2360m).
Two wins at the Paceway were followed by an unlucky 2.8m fourth to Jedi Superstar when three wide for much of the trip at the Paceway on May 19.
He has since won twice more on his home track, the latest being success in the last race of the Thursday, June 16 meeting.
Idle Hands starts in the final event of the eight-race TAB program again and will have Josh Osborn in the gig again as well.
“Josh knows him pretty well,” Germon said.
“He said he still had a fair bit left in the tank when he ran home to win here the other day.
“Josh reckons he will be even better for this.
“But it’s going to be tough. Major Dee (who won a heat of the Golden Guitar earlier this year) goes good and likes Tamworth,” he said.
Germon bought the six-year-old gelding for $4000 and trains the gelding son of Falcon Seelstra for his mother, Tina Germon.
The winner of 10 of his 59 starts, Idle Hands has won six of his 19 starts this season.
“He’s won $18,500 for us in prizemoney this prep,” Germon said.
“He’s been absolutely amazing for us.
“Plus he’s run second in a Wee Waa Cup, second in the Narrabri Cup and fourth at Newcastle.”
Germon hopes his gelding can lob in a good spot if Mitch Faulkner’s Guny Ganu Grand and Craig Clegg’s Great Result go to the front from their frontline one and two mobile barriers.
Guny Ganu Grand won successive races at Tamworth and Newcastle before running third at Tamworth and then compounding to finish last after leading at Tamworth.
That was January 24 and he will need a run first up whereas Great Result has been flying for Kootingal’s Clegg, winning three of her past five.
The Hats Off To Country Here July 7 Pace (2360m) is the final race of eight, timed for a 5.47pm start tomorrow.
