Hobart-based McCoull has been in hot form at the past two Devonport meetings, riding a treble on Easter Monday and another four winners yesterday.

He combined with four different trainers for his latest haul, scoring on Dream Roller for Troy Blacker, Peace Keeper for Leanne and Clinton Gaffney, Sentinel for Barry Campbell and King’s Spirit for Mark Ganderton.

There will be another six meetings at Spreyton before the end of the season.

Peace Keeper finished strongly to take out the Tasbonus Maiden over 1000 metres at only his third start, and his breeding suggests he will be better suited over longer distances.

The four-year-old is by top sire Savoire Vivre from 1997 Tasmanian Oaks winner Marrow Match.

Much to the disappointment of her owner Brenden Keep, Marrow Match hasn’t matched her racetrack deeds in the breeding barn.

‘‘She’s been a bit of a disaster at stud, unfortunately,’’ Keep said.

‘‘She’s lost a lot of foals, and some of the ones that we have got to the races have gone amiss.

‘‘Upfa, her first winner, developed a breathing problem, and Nerak, who might have been her best foal, hurt his back.

‘‘She had another winner called Royal Oncology.’’

Keep, who races Peace Keeper with Ben Smith, Grant French and Shane McDonald, has another Marrow Match foal that is yet to race but the mare, aged 22, has now been retired.

Raising bar

TRAINER Adam Trinder has the winter sprint series at Spreyton in mind for Benchmark 72 Handicap winner Sound Bar.

And  further down the track  he may aim a little higher and try to get the four-year-old into the Newmarket Handicap at Mowbray.

‘‘I’ve always had a big opinion of this horse but he’s still not going as well as  I think he can,’’ Trinder said.

‘‘When the penny drops, he could be a lowly weighted Newmarket horse.’’

Trinder said that the Written Tycoon gelding was difficult to place because of his dislike of soft tracks.

‘‘He won’t go at all if there’s any cut in the track, which is why he failed first-up from a spell,’’ the trainer said.

‘‘Then second-up I had to drop him back to 1100m, which was just too short.

‘‘Everything was in his favour today – he was up to 1350m with a claim (for apprentice Boris Thornton) and racing on his favourite track.’’

Sound Bar has now had five starts on the synthetic surface for four wins and a minor placing.

 Trinder brought up a double when Koutoufides, ridden by Mehmet Ulucinar, won the Benchmark 62 Handicap.

The trainer doesn’t have any big plans for the five-year-old, who is part-owned in Melbourne by trainer Nikki Burke.

‘‘He’s just a good bread-and-butter horse who is suited on the synthetic track,’’ Trinder said. 

Lucky escape

JOCKEY Yassi Nishitani was lucky to avoid serious injury when first-starter Demoiselle Corsair fell after finishing third in the Maiden Plate.

Nishitani was easing the filly down when she collapsed to the track, causing three horses that were following to shy and lose their riders.

Despite what appeared to be a heavy fall, Nishitani was able to limp back to the jockeys’ room complaining only of a sore hip.

Unfortunately, attempts to save Demoiselle Corsair, who appeared to injure her shoulder, were unsuccessful.

None of the other riders who were dislodged were hurt.