Ben Yole’s quest for his 100th Tasmanian victory of the season drew a blank in Hobart on Friday night but he wasn’t out of the winner’s stall for long.
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The Sidmouth trainer came out of the blocks running at Mowbray on Sunday night, winning three of the first four races.
Pushkin, No Apachemee and Stylish Trend all scored at good odds to take Yole to 101 wins in his home state and 104 overall.
It’s his third consecutive century following a state record 124 wins last season and 107 in 2015-16.
Pushkin, driven by Mark Yole, sat in the death to record his 18th career win in the Maxfield Drilling Pace.
The eight-year-old has career earnings of $108,000 and was amazingly well graded in a race for C0/C1 class horses.
Favourite El Jays Monza ran home strongly for third after coming five wide on the home turn.
His trainer Kent Rattray was more than a little peeved as he pointed out that El Jays Monza had being incorrectly drawn on the second row.
No Apachemee, driven by Rohan Hillier, ran home strongly to win the Nichols Sound Pace and the Yole-Hillier combination struck again in the Mitavite Stakes with Stylish Trend.
Classy four-year-old Scooterwillrev was back to his best with a runaway win the Longford Equine Clinic Stakes and punters didn’t miss him.
The Craig Hayes-trained gelding was backed from $3 to $1.60 and gave Rohan Hadley an armchair drive as he cruised home by 14m.
Mark Yole brought up a double when he steered the Ken Rattray-trained El Jays Monet to an easy win in the Chartley Estate Pace.
The six-year-old was a big drifter in the betting, from $4.60 to $8.50.
After racing three wide from the bell, El Jays Monet, hit the front coming off the back straight and powered clear for a dominant victory.
Beautifully-bred three-year-old filly Sheza Bettormak scored an easy debut win in the Carlton Draught Pace but trainer-driver Rohan Hillier wasn’t getting carried away.
She was as slow as a wet week as a two-year-old
- Rohan Hillier
“She might get there one day – but she’s not there yet,” Hillier said after Sheza Bettormak led all the way to score by 8.5m in 2:00.4.
Hillier said the half sister to the brilliant Ryley Major had shown very little early on.
“She was as slow as a wet week as a two-year-old,” the trainer said.
“But she’s just got a little bit better every time we’ve tipped her out – as most of the Bettors Delights do.
“We were able to find a nice race for her first start and, hopefully, she can now win her second three-year-old and we’ll put her straight back out.”
Hillier finished the meeting with a driving treble, a feat matched by Mark Yole who brought up his third win on the Andrew Arnott-trained Delbelle Legend in the Sixty Degrees Stakes.
