Superb Hove ‘Four-Timer’ For “Team Mac”
BAGS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP – GROUP E – 3rd LEG
Todays Scores: HOVE 129 POOLE 68 SWINDON 82
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Aggregate Scores: HOVE 345 POOLE 252 SWINDON 241
HOVE go through to the Finals at Nottingham on 23rd December!
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BAGS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ‘DOUBLE’ FOR NORAH!
WINS FOR LEATHEMS DESIRE & DROOPYS MICHIGAN + A 2nd FOR DENIS!
Wednesday 3rd December HOVE Report
Hove 3-48 285 Metres Flat (IT) RESULT
BAGS/SIS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT Going: – 20
1st £200 +Trophy, 2nd £100, Others £75
1st LEATHEMS DESIRE 16.62 = 16.42 calc Norah McEllistrim 5/1
2nd TRADE VICTORIOUS 16.69 = 16.49 calc. Alma Keppie (Poole) 9/4
3rd SOMOUD 16.81 = 16.61 calc. Derek Knight 2/1 fav
LEATHEMS DESIRE justified his call-up to ‘Hove’s’ Bags Track Championship team with a sparkling win in the Sprint at 3-48. Keeping wide he was always in a good position to challenge the Alma Keppie trained Trade Victorious who had grabbed a decent lead on the rails. As they straightened off the last bend ‘Winston’ ran on strongly to beat the Poole runner by a length! The June 2013 son of Head Bound clocked 16.62 (-20) 16.42 calculated when completing a Hove hat-trick having won on his previous two outings! Owned by the Norah Mac Racing Club the improving youngster was winning for the 4th time at Hove. His win earned Hove 10 points and took the kennel Racing Club total to 111 winners!
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Hove 5-07 515 Metres Flat (IT) RESULT
BAGS/SIS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARD Going: – 40
1st £200 +Trophy, 2nd £100, Others £75
1st DROOPYS MICHIGAN 30.32 = 29.92 calc. Norah McEllistrim 9/4
2nd RISE OF FAYJEN 30.55 = 30.15 calc. Jason Heath Evens fav
3rd GLAISE MUR 30.77 = 30.37 calc. Paul Foster (Swindon) 20/1
DROOPYS MICHIGAN was also completing a hat-trick of wins at Hove! The May 2013 son of Central City won the Bags Track Championship Standard at 5-07 in great style beating the Jason Heath trained Rise Of Fayjen by an impressive two and three quarter lengths! The Dave Staddon owned youngster clocked a very fast 30.32 (-40) 29.92 calculated when winning his 4th race at Hove earning another 10 points for the team!
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Hove 6-11 515 Metres Flat (IT) RESULT
BAGS/SIS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARD Going: – 40
1st £200 +Trophy, 2nd £100, Others £75
1st STANTON RANGER 30.29 = 29.89 calc. Kevin Hutton (Towcester) 10/1
2nd LONGRANGE DENIS 30.44 = 30.04 calc. Norah McEllistrim 4/5 fav
3rd DROOPYS COLLEGE 31.10 = 30.70 calc. Jo Burridge (Poole) 7/1
Longrange Denis was unable to give the kennel a Bags Track Championship ‘treble’ but he couldn’t have tried any harder! The Norah Mac Racing Club star hit the rails at the first bend, suffered crowding at the second, yet somehow managed to weave himself into contention! He chased the Kevin Hutton trained winner Stanton Ranger (29.89 calculated) all the way to the line going down by just under two lengths! ‘Denis’ clocked a very decent 30.44 (-40) 30.04 calculated in 2nd place earning 7 points for Hove!
Our Graded Winners Today
RELEASE THE ACE is in very good form at present and made it 3 wins from his last 5 races when winning the A7 at 2-27. Owned by Mr P. G. Tomlin and Mrs S. S. Tomlin he led from the second bend beating the Jason Heath trained Riverside Belle by two lengths. The April 2012 son of Ace Hi Rumble was sent off the 5/2 favourite and clocked 30.76 (-40) 30.36 calculated when winning for the 8th time at Hove!
MINEOLA PROF made it a great day for his owner Dave Staddon having won earlier in the afternoon! The May 2012 son of College Causeway won the A4 at 2-47 making it 4 wins from his last 7 runs! Sent off the 6/4 favourite he led from the third bend and clocked 30.59 (-40) 30.19 calculated when beating the Doreen Walsh trained Burnpark Pixie by two and a half lengths. This was a 5th Hove win for the ‘Prof’ who also has a win at Derry on his Irish card!
Athlacca Olympic ran another good race in the A3 at 3-07. He led to the fourth bend but was unable to hold off the Claude Gardiner trained winner Evanta Candyman who stayed on to win just over a length. Sent off the 5/2 joint favourite Athlacca Olympic clocked 30.77 (-40) 30.37 calculated in 2nd place!
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