He is one of the few horses to have started his racing life as a trotter before being switched to pacing.

The son of top pacing sire Rock N Roll Heaven and a pacing mare was bought for $55,000 by East Devonport owner Mick Maxfield at the 2015 APG sale in Sydney.

He started his early education with trainer Paul Ashwood at East Devonport.

"I had him as a yearling but he wouldn't pace - he just wanted to trot," Ashwood recalled.

"So Mick ended up sending him to Darren Hancock (in Sydney) to be trained as a trotter but he kept breaking in his races so he came home again.

"I did some more work with him then we sent him to Alex (Ashwood) in Melbourne."

Drillittotobits won a race as a trotter at Melton 18 months ago when trained by Kate Hargreaves and won again at his next start but was disqualified after he paced for most of the race.

That was to be the end of his trotting career. He was switched to pacing events but after six more runs in Victoria netted just one second, he returned home.

Drillittobits has now had three starts for Paul Ashwood and won his past two.

"His first win was more impressive than his last but he's been in work a while and is probably only one more run away from having a break," Ashwood said.

Former leading harness trainer Phillip Ford is considering legal action to regain his stablehand licence.

Ford recently lost his third appeal against the Racing Director's decision to refuse him a licence due to his poor record.

He first applied for a licence in late 2017 following the expiration of a four-year disqualification.

Ford's only option now, should he choose to pursue the matter, would would be an expensive Supreme Court appeal.

Anthony Darmanin was unlucky not to chalk up his second group 1 win in Adelaide on Saturday.

Darmanin's mount Behemoth flashed home to finish a close second in the $750,000 Goodwood after being held up for a run.

The Victorian jockey who does most of his riding in Tasmania won his first group 1 on Mystic Journey in the Australian Guineas.

Tasmanian-owned Hard Empire ran fourth at $71 in the Goodwood and was also a bit stiff.

Jockey Jake Toeroek told part-owner Gary Richards that the five-year-old would have finished third but for a bump on the home turn.

Trainer Richard Jolly is now considering options for Hard Empire which include the Stradbroke in Brisbane.