Mitch Faulkner has vowed to continue his support of the Uralla Tigers after recently moving his stables to the Tamworth Paceway and the change commenced in the right manner at last Friday’s Tamworth harness meeting.
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Faulkner trained and drove his first treble after a 16-year involvement in the sport.
“I think the move has paid off,” said a confident Faulkner at the end of the night’s racing. “The horses seem happy and they have showed that tonight.”
Gottashopearly, Onedin Highlander and Cronin all provided the wins for Faulkner and considering that was his whole stable for the night’s racing, it was a 100% strike rate.
“It is the first time I have driven a treble – I’ve had plenty of doubles but to end the night with three wins, it has ended up alright”.
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Tony Missen had a winner in South Australia on Monday and he didn’t even leave NSW. Missen has sent his pacer Rubbers Dilemma across to Danielle Hill in SA to train. After three race starts Rubbers Dilemma produced the win in the Maughan Thiem Ford Hyundai Pace – how appropriate was that?
Since her transition to SA racing, Rubbers Dilemma has had three starts for a second and a win at Globe Derby as well as a second at Victor Harbour.
Meanwhile Narrabri trainer Jarred Hetherington headed to the Maitland meeting on Monday with Limousine Livia gaining a win in the Peter Ryan Saddlery Pace with a mile rate of 1.59.8 for 2044 metres. Stablemate Million Dollar Mac had to be content with a second in the Garrards Horse & Hound Maiden Pace after finishing second to Ruth Shannon in the Billy Grima Memorial at Tamworth on the Friday night prior.
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The Tamworth HRC had some very worthy winners at the trials on Tuesday night – no not from the horses but a couple of Australia’s best Olympians.
Patrick Constable – grandson of Tamworth HRC employee Des Constable – and partner Georgia Baker called in to say hello after competing at the Commonwealth Games.
Patrick is an Australian track cyclist who competed in the men's sprint and the men's team sprint events at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Georgia is an Australian professional racing cyclist who rode in the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and also represented Australia at the Rio Olympics.
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At the harness meeting last Friday night at Tamworth a Living Legend in Harness Racing - Vic Frost was in attendance with his pacer Back Page News. The 77-year-old was well known in his earlier years for wins behind Lucky Creed and Westburn Grant and is living in Queensland and continuing to train the horses.
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Local trainers are heading to the Newcastle meeting on Saturday night with the Tamworth Club racing again on Friday 27th with the “Old Boys Reunion” as part of the program.
