First-starter Make A Decision further enhanced the reputation of young Broadmarsh trainer Sarah Cotton with a last-to-first performance in Hobart on Sunday.
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After missing the start by at least two lengths over the helter-skelter 1100m trip, the three-year-old easily rounded up his 13 rivals for a dominant win.
Cotton is familiar to on-course racegoers as a clerk of the course and is fast-becoming just as well known to off-course punters for her deeds as a trainer.
She has established an impressive strike-rate with a small team.
Make A Decision was her fifth winner in the past 10 weeks - from only 11 runners.
The Broadmarsh trainer is 14th on this season's premiership with eight wins, despite having had only 28 starters.
Make A Decision looks certain to build on that strike-rate, but not in the short term.
"It's hard to put them in the paddock off a win like that but he needs a break," Cotton said.
"He's a massive horse at 17.1 hands and has been a bit of a slow maturer.
"We've taken our time with him - his owner has been fantastic letting us put him in and out.
"Next time in, we'll just go through the grades but I think there's a nice race for him somewhere along the line.
"He's pretty exciting."
DEBUT WIN FOR TASBRED 2YO
Tasmania produced another Melbourne city winner when two-year-old Mimosas won on debut at Flemington on Saturday.
The Squamosa - Laurenstar gelding was bred by Rhonda Hall at Campania and was part of the Grenville Stud draft at the 2020 Tasmanian Magic Millions sale.
He was bought for what now a looks bargain price of $20,000 by jockey Jamie Kah's mother Karen.
Mimosas gave Jamie Kah's partner Clayton Douglas, a leading jumps jockey, his first city winner as a trainer.
It was Douglas' uncle Rod who selected the horse at the Launceston sale.
Rod Douglas is a former trainer who the 2010 Tasmanian Oaks with Coulis.
Rhonda Hall trained Laurenstar herself and won three races with the daughter of Commands.
Mimosas is the mare's second foal and his win was worth $90,000 including a SuperVobis bonus.
DA VINCI SIGHTS ON JERICHO CUP
Trainer Scott Brunton has his sights on Australia's longest flat race with Sunday's Elwick winner Sir Da Vinci.
"His long-term goal is the Jericho Cup," Brunton said after the five-year-old completed a hat-trick in the Benchmark 70 Handicap (2100m).
The Jericho Cup, a benchmark 90 race, is run over 4600m on the Grand Annual course at Warrnmabool and is restricted to jumps jockeys.
It is not until November 28 but will be worth the wait if Sir Da Vinci gets there, as the total prize pool is $300,000.
"We'll keep advancing in that direction and see what happens," Brunton said.
"He's a one-paced horse who keeps running - the further the better."
Sir Da Vinci won over 2837m at Kyneton two starts ago and Brunton is contemplating a return trip.
"There's a small possibility that he will go back in a couple of weeks for a 2600m benchmark 70 at Cranbourne," the trainer said.
WIN RENEWS OLD PARTNERSHIP
An emotional victory on Needadollarbill was the highlight of David Pires' four-win haul at Elwick on Sunday.
One of Needadollarbill's owners is former leading trainer Terry Roles who once formed a formidable partnership with Pires.
In fact, Pires has ridden more winners for Roles (110) than for any other trainer except Scott Brunton.
"It was a special win because it's Terry's horse and, as we know, he is battling MND and is not well," Pires said.
"It was good to get another win while we can."
Roles' wife Rosanne is also a part-owner of the Dylan Clark-trained Needadollarbill who overcame the outside barrier and a wide run to score a last-stride win in the Class 1 Handicap.
The gelding is out of Digger's Sunrise, a mare that Roles prepared to win four races including one with Pires in the saddle.
TOP TASSIE PACERS LAND DOUBLE
Tasmania's two best mainland-based pacers both notched up good wins on Saturday night.
Ignatius won a $30,000 group 3 race at Menangle and Max Delight a $24,000 free-for-all at Melton.
James Rattray worked forward from barrier 5 to find the lead on Ignatius and the six-year-old held out the fast-finishing Rubies For Tash to score by 1.6m in 1:50.9.
It was the gelding's 27th win for owner Lyrae Rattray and took his earnings to $563,000.
Max Delight, sent out $1.30 favourite, also led all the way in 1:54.1 coming home in 55.4.
Owner Mick Maxfield has now won 16 races and $432,000 with the five-year-old, giving him a nice return on the $245,000 he outlayed for the horse as a yearling.
LATE NIGHT TREBLES BECOMING POPULAR
Late-night driving trebles are becoming popular at Tasmanian harness meetings.
Junior driver Jordan Chibnall took out the last three races in Hobart on Friday night, with all her winners trained by Ben Yole.
Conor Crook then repeated the performance at Mowbray on Sunday night, closing out the meeting with wins on the Yole-trained Pink Ponder and Postal Run and his own stable runner Kuyomi.
Crook is third on the drivers' premiership with 26 wins and second on the trainers' premiership with 15 wins from 52 runners at a handy strike-rate of 28.8 per cent.
Yole is now only three wins short of another training ton.
With so many runners, his strike-rate can't possibly be high but it is up on last season at 7.63 per cent.