TSR Weekly Wrap | 9 July 2026

It’s all happening at Albion Park.

Every race carries so much weight, but there’s none bigger this week that the Group 1 $500,000 Benstud Protostar 2yo slot race at The Creek on Saturday night (July 11).

For the second year in a row we have three stable runners as we pursue back-to-back success in the feature - Cardigan Jem (barrier 1), Comeandsee (2) and Kahula (3).

Cardigan Jem will race in Team Zav’s slot, Comeandsee for the Ballarat & District Trotting Club/Durham Park and Kahula for Hampton Farms.

And then there’s Alan McDonough’s Ideal Frankie in the Protostar.

This week’s Constellations Carnival action starts on Friday night (July 10):

QUEENSLAND DERBY qualifier: Cardigan Dan, Brooklyn Dan, Dynamite Dan

QUEENSLAND OAKS qualifier: Bettor Beach

Then on Saturday, in addition to the Protostar:

INTER DOMINION PACING CHAMPIONSHIP heat: War Dan Buddy, Bay Of Biscay

INTER DOMINION TROTTING CHAMPIONSHIP heat: Susan Is Her Name

KEVIN THOMAS 4YO: Fox Dan

THIS SEASON: 102 wins (50% strike rate) 

LATEST STABLE WINNERS

APOLLOSTORM (Mark Pitt) 4yo entire: IRT Vicbred Voucher Pace, 1720m, at Melton, July 4. MR 1:54.1 LH 55 LQ 26.9. Congratulations NR Alexander, WTC Stewart.

FAIRPLAY (Mark Pitt) 4yo entire: Breeders Crown 3yo Noms Now Open Pace, 1720m, at Melton, July 4. MR 1:53.7 LH 55.7 LQ 27.8. Congratulations BC and VA Edward.

CIGANO (Mark Pitt) 4yo entire: Forty Winks Melton Pace, 2240m, at Melton, July 4. MR 1:56.1 LH 54.6 LQ 26.7. Congratulations Clayton.

BAY OF BISCAY (Cam Hart) 5yo entire: Inter Dominion heat, 2138m, at Albion Park, Saturday, April 4. MR 1:52.9 LH 55 LQ 27.7. Congratulations TS Bunning, SJ Murray, Alabar Bloodstock, IW Delmenico, PJ Armstrong, JG Anderson, DE Reilly, GW Armstrong, SJ Watt, RR Maisner, WA Pridmore, Kennedy Group, BD Armstrong.

MIDNIGHT MOTH (Mark Pitt) 3yo colt: Hoyts Food Pace, 2100m, at Geelong, July 3. MR 1:55 LH 57.7 LQ 28.9. Congratulations LA & I Parker.

DEL RAY (Mark Pitt) 2yo filly on debut: Team Zav 2yo Maiden Pace, 1609m, at Geelong, July 3. MR 1:57.1 LH 56.1 LQ 27.2. Congratulations Big Wookie Racing Group, C R Tonkin, B J Prentice, S C Holt