TSR Weekly Wrap | 5 Mar 2025
Well where do we start? Let’s look forward and see what’s coming up.
First off, we have Geelong Pacing Cup on Friday night.
Can Mach Dan win it for a third time in row? Being their home Cup, it’s a favourite race of the Zavitsanos family.
We also have Act Now engaged in the group 3 event.
Then there’s G1 $200,000 NSW Derby at Menangle on Saturday night.
We have six runners at the meeting and they’re all in the Derby - Silver Pistol, Go Miki, The Highlight Reel, Always Hot, Storms Collide and I Am The Storm.
What a time we had at Menangle last Saturday night.
Bay Of Biscay was sensational in winning the G1 $250,000 Chariots Of Fire. We knew he’d be hard to beat if held the lead and he was just that, fighting all the way to the line in 1:49.1 and take his earnings to $821,580.
It was then announced after saluting that Bay of Biscay will now be set for $2.1m Eureka at Menangle in September, having been secured by slot holder Robert Watson, of Soho Standardbreds. Bay Of Biscay was one of four winners we had the meeting.
We clean swept the NSW Derby heats with The Highlight Reel, Silver Pistol and Storms Collide all winning, and I Am The Storm and Go Miki running second.
Overall, we had eight winners on the night, with another four scoring at Melton.
We also continued the preparations of four unraced 2yos at Melton on Tuesday - My Bettor Half (Bettors Delight-Lovelist) filly, Willows Girl (Sweet Lou-Soho Montelena) filly, Quatro Moth (Rock N Roll Heaven-Flying Moth) filly and Ripples (Bettors Delight-Niaya Franco) filly.
LATEST STABLE WINNERS
LOUCASSO (James Herbertson) 2yo colt: O’Brien Electrical 2yo Pace, 1690m, at Kilmore, February 27. MR 1:57.4 LH 56.6 LQ 27.4. Congratulations ABR Bloodstock, Summit Bloodstock, RL Scott, Imperial Racing & Bloodstock, Burke Brigade Syndicate, Bet The House LLC Syndicate, T Walker, BP Fitzgerald, S Lapsley, BDR Punters, M Shuttleworth, Property Pals Syndicate.
WAZZA (Allan McDonough) 3yo colt: Nurtien Solutions Ararat Maiden Pace, 2195m, at Ararat, February 28. MR 2:00.6 LH 58.2 LQ 28.7. Congratulations AD Investments, WR Viney.
FOX DAN (James Herbertson) 3yo colt: Centre State Printing Pace, 1720m, at Melton, March 1. MR 1:54.5 LH 56.1 LQ 27.8. Congratulations D Zavitsanos, PA Fox.
SAMKERR (Jason Lee) 3yo filly: Hip Pocket Castlemaine Pace, 1720m, at Melton, March 1. MR 1:56.4 LH 56.2 LQ 28.2. Congratulations Mick Harvey.
THE NARCISSIST (Greg Sugars) 5yo gelding: Hygain Pace, 1720m, at Melton, March 1. MR 1:53.1 LH 56.4 LQ 28.5. Congratulations AM and RP Butt.
ALWAYS HOT (Greg Sugars) 3yo colt: Swift Signs Pace, 2240m, at Melton, March 1. MR 1:55.9 LH 57.7 LQ 27.7. Congratulations Peter Gleeson and Warren.
THE HIGHLIGHT REEL (Mark Pitt) 3yo colt: NSW Derby heat, 2400m, at Menangle, March 1. MR 1:54.3 LH 54.7 LQ 26.2. Congratulations Clayton.
SILVER PISTOL (Mark Pitt) 3yo gelding: NSW Derby heat, 2400m, at Menangle, March 1. MR 1:55.3 LH 55.8 LQ 27. Congratulations Lauriston Bloodstock.
STORMS COLLIDE (Mark Pitt) 3yo colt: NSW Derby heat, 2400m, at Menangle, March 1. MR 1:55.7 LH 54 LQ 26.3. Congratulations JS Baker, Clayton, BJ Prentice, J Baker, IJ Ward.
BAY OF BISCAY (Cam Hart) 4yo entire: Chariots Of Fire (4yo), 1609m, at Menangle, March 1. MR 1:49.1 LH 53.5 LQ 26.7. Congratulations TS Bunning, SJ Murray, Alabar Bloodstock, IW Delmenico, PJ Armstrong, JG Anderson, DE Reilly, G W Armstrong, SJ Watt, RR Maisner, WA Pridmore, Kennedy Group.