Glorious weather greeted Marburg Paceway last saturday & the good sized crowd enjoyed another fantastic day
of country harness racing which is the heart beat of the sport in QLD.
The race card for the day included 5 pre-race trials & 5 quality race fields.
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Race 1 kicked off the 5 race card with an impresive victory going to the John McMullen trainer "Whata major tease".
A mare with lots of natural ability & by the looks of it some attitude to match.
A eye catching run from the Steve Towns trainer mare "Sixty Kay Zone" who was forced to sit 3 wide early
before breezing in the death seat for most of the race.
PLACINGS : WHATA MAJOR TEASE, DREAM OF TRICKS, COOLANT, HOWBOUTTHAT
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Race 2 saw a hard fought win by the Peter Jones trained & driven "Lord of abbey" who breezed out side the leader
for most of the race."Still to come",who lead the entire race,picked herself off the canvas on the turn for home & battle on gamely for 2nd.
PLACINGS : LORD OF ABBEY, STILL TO COME, MATTY BROGDEN (NZ), MISS ABBEY
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Race 3 was won by pole sitter "Halleys my girl" who lead through out."Diablo dancer" & favoutite for the race "Bombers mission"
filled the placings
PLACINGS : HALLEYS MY GIRL, DIABOLO DANCER, BOMBERS MISSION, GRANT ME WINGS
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Race 4 was dominated & won by the Jenny Halliday trained "Scenic rim".The 9YO son of Panorama is a standing start specialist
& proved again that he is one tough hombre to beat from the standing start."Looks like leroy" gave Jenny a quinella when her mare
ran a good 2nd.
PLACINGS : SCENIC RIM, LOOKS LIKE LEROY, CONQUISTARE (NZ), SLUG OF GOLD
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A good quality field of "R1" runners assembled for Race 5 with the David Litzow driven "Shorty noonan" prevailing.The Lockyer Waters
trained Favourite "Shakenloose" ran an eye catching 2nd from well back in the field & one of the punters fancys "Zippys last" ran 3rd
PLACINGS : SHORTY NOONAN, SHAKENLOOSE, ZIPPYS LAST (NZ), VILLAGE LOU


Trial results :

http://www.harness.org.au/trial-results-full.cfm?trialId=6882

Race results :

http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-results.cfm?mc=UG051111&ms=qld