Whereyagoinbabe proved to be a good purchase for Stuart and Chenay Glasby, as well as Mark Munn, when their three-year-old filly produced her first career win in taking out the TAB Odds & Evens Pace at Tamworth last Thursday.
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"It was great to see the win," said trainer-driver Stuart Glasby.
"She was a bit unlucky last start and over raced a bit. We have only had her for five race starts, Chenay liked the name and she said 'we will buy that horse if it comes up for sale'."
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With Tralee Chic (Anthony Varga) leading the field in the Odds & Evens Three-Year-Old Pace, Whereyagoinbabe raced out in the breeze.
"I was sitting outside the leader and just rated my horse", Glasby said.
"She is not a sit and sprint horse -you have to have them running by the time you get to the 400-metre mark before the swoopers come."
Whereyagoinbabe had a two-metre win over The Sudden Storm (Scotty-Jon Welsh) and Tralee Chic a head away third.
"That is five starts for two cheques - we are having lots of fun," Glasby said.
Meanwhile, Lola Weidemann picked up another win with new stable runner - Shazam Shannon, who was having starting in his fifth race for the Clifton- based stables.
"He is going well - I wasn't really convinced after his last run, but he has put two good runs together now," Weidemann said.
"He will be paying his way. It's good to be back in the winner's circle here, but then is always good to be back here at Tamworth, whether you are in the winner's circle or not."
Niece,fellow trainer and reinswoman Stacey Weidemann, along with her fiancé Chris Smith, also produced a winner in the form of Bara Jayla in his sixth start for the couple. Bara Jayla had a previous win at Tamworth back on July 11.
"I was a bit worried when I got caught in on the fence but just had to work some magic and get out," Stacey said. "She travelled well in behind the leader and it worked out good for us but I knew she was always going to run on."
Tamworth trainer Ernie Mabbott also had a good day at the Tamworth meeting in training Tiger Courage for a win in the PeterMac Photography Pace driven by Anthony Varga.
Mabbott has only had the three-year-old Courage Under Fire filly for nine starts.
Ernie Mabbott was also track side to witness his own mare Hedges Avenue, who he races along with his son Anthony, taking out the Thankyou Tamworth HRC Volunteer Pace and setting a new track record for mares over the 1980 race distance with a mile rate of 1.56.6.
Hedges Avenue is being trained by Clayton Harmey in the Hunter Valley, and was driven by 16-year-old Blake Hughes.
Narrabri pacer Kid Montana had to wait until the final race to showcase his front running style with reinsman Chris Shepherdson.
Currently leading the Horse of the Year Premiership at Tamworth Kid Montana made the most of his barrier draw in the last race.
After leading all the way from the three barrier Kid Montana held a 15.2 metre win over Padrisimo (Brad Elder) and Return Ace (Leigh Sutton) five metres away third.
"He has never been beaten when he leads and we made the most of it - he can get home pretty quick" added Shepherdson.
"I thought I might have got some mid race pressure but when I got a cheap half it worked out well".
Kid Montana in notching up his 14th win at race start 45 had a relaxed mile rate of 2.01.3 for 1980 metres.
Another Narrabri pacer, this time from the Jarred Hetherington stables - Mickee Cullen - driven by Sam Ison won the Bearing Accessories Are Relocating to Taminda Pace.
Sadly, harness racing in the north west has lost another stalwart with the passing of Inverell's Lance DeFraine.
Lance was a solid and fair Steward around the Shows as well as at Gymkhanas and was well respected.
Lance's involvement in the industry saw the establishment of a Stud at Gum Flat outside of Inverell with many horses that he and his late wife Marlene bred carrying the moniker name of Bambra with some notable winners being Bambra Bill and Bambra Star, and was aged 80 at the time of his passing.
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
