The Hunter family strengthened its connection with the Seelite Windows and Doors Redwood Classic when I See Icy Earl won Sunday’s 25th anniversary edition at Maryborough. Emerging trainer-driver, Glenn Hunter, emulated the deeds of his father Chris when the star of his four horse Trafalgar stable won the $50,000 Group 1.
Every Seelite Windows & Doors Redwood Classic is special, but Sunday’s 2010 edition at Maryborough is particularly significant given it will be the 25th running of the iconic event.
Maryborough identities, Len and Irene Parker, were in the winners’ circle on Friday evening at Melton’s Tabcorp Park when their two-year-old filly, Lively Moth, won the coveted Vicbred Super Series 2YO Fillies final.
Class prevailed in Sunday night’s Warehouse Sales Wedderburn Pacing Cup when Sammy Maguire took out the $12,000 event at Maryborough.
Les Chapman added Victorian harness racing’s highest individual honour to his CV when he was crowned the 2009 Gordon Rothacker Medallist at Tabcorp Park, Melton on Saturday night.
Blistering sprint after patient drive by Jodi Quinlan lands the money for Karlsruhe.
Avenel gelding, Karlsruhe, crept past $200,000 in earnings when he stormed over his rivals to win Monday afternoon’s $25,000 Central Goldfields Shire Maryborough Gold Cup.
Fond memories will come flooding back when Chris Alford heads to Maryborough for Monday’s $25,000 Central Goldfields Shire Maryborough Gold Cup.
The 2690 metre standing start event marks the 20th anniversary of the champion reinsman’s first win in the race, which came via Bronski Beat. Alford has gone on to win it three more times, with Windsor Royal (1995), Ari Vance (1996) and Tromos (2005), to equal the great Vin Knight as the most successful reinsman in Maryborough Cup history.
The Melbourne Cup might be the race that stops a nation, but the previous day’s Maryborough Cup is the race that stops Victoria’s Goldfields.
Next Monday will see the running of the Central Goldfields Shire Maryborough Gold Cup for 2009.
The $25,000 feature is the headline act of the Maryborough Harness Racing Club’s annual two-day carnival, which this year again takes in a twilight Sunday program.
