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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2023
Joy Bhatti, Jenny Bull and Janine Munday pick their winners.
King Island Courier
Karen Taplin and Jim Cooper enjoy a quiet drink.
Punters fea
Punters were glad the rain stayed clear of the Race Day.
IT WAS overcast, but the rain held off and the
track was good for the King Island Beef Race.
The King Island Beef Producers Group
sponsored the race day and the food and
beverage event in the Williams Brothers Post
pavilion was a sellout, with 115 packages
sold.
An extra race was added to the meet,
making it an eight-race card with 昀椀ve gallops
and three harness races. It was ladies’ day on
the track, with six of the eight winners and three
place getters being female trainers.
The imported horses have settled in for their
Island holiday and are still not a threat to locally
owned and trained horses. Bill Hayes, trainer
and stable from NSW, placed early in the day,
but the imports are still to show full form.
The ‘Ballarat Connections’ mainland trainer
syndicate purchased, sponsored, and transported
horses to King Island for a second year and
had their 昀椀rst wins. They tallied two wins, a
second and a third on the day. Their 昀椀rst win
of the season was in Race 4 with (Andrew) A
Noblett Racing’s Southern Jewel, sponsored
by Tile Importer, trained by Rowan Hamer,
and ridden by Codi Jordan. The McEvoyMitchell ballot draw, four-year-old grey
Wholesome came in third.
Their second win was in Race 7 with
Prophet’s Reign, which is trained by Andrew
Bobbin Grampian Racing, sponsored by
Ladbrokes, Casey Hyde local trainer and clerk
of course, and got home by Craig Atkinson.
Prophet’s Reign was followed in closely
by Inarius, locally trained by Ian Johnson
for Ciaron Maher Racing sponsored by Kia
Australia and ridden by Codi Jordon.
Whether this is a true re昀氀ection of the 昀椀eld
is questionable, as the race started with only
three runners.
The Tom Wilshire Memorial, sponsored by
the Payne family, was won by Disclevaboy to
the delight of the connections: Muir, Fowles,
Hely and Clemons. Patron of the King Island
Racing Club Robbie Payne re昀氀ected on the
generational continuity of the Memorial
through his mother Judy (dec), the present
generation and hoped the next generation will
continue the legacy.
Visiting harness trainer Tammy Langley
(Brighton) and driver Dylan Ford won and
interstate team Tiarne and Jorja Rusten placed
so the journey to King Island was worth it.
BEEF DAY RACE RESULTS 16 DECEMBER
DOYLE
RACE 5
1st DISCLEVABOY T: TAMMY MUIR J: MS CODI
JORDON
2nd MISS BONDI T: DEB MONSON J: THOMAS
DOYLE
3rd CIANNA
T: CASEY HYDE J: CRAIG
ATKINSON
RACE 6 HARNESS
1st STONY THE SPY T: TAMMY LANGLEY D: DYLAN
FORD
2nd IMHOOKED T: SHANE KEELER D: SHANE KEELER
3rd BABYFACE QUINCE T: DARRYLE RUSTEN D:
JORJA RUSTEN
RACE 7
1st PHOPHETS REIGN T: CASEY HYDE J: CRAIG
ATKINSON
2nd INCARIUS T: IAN JOHNSON J: MS CODI JORDON
3rd MR BROADWAY T: JIM TAYLOR J: MS HANNAH
LE BLANC
RACE 8 HARNESS
1st MARGARET’S CLAN T: TAMMY LANGLEY D:
DYLAN FORD
2nd PAWNBROKERS LAD T: SAMANTHA KEELEY D:
DAMIAN SPRING
3rd WHO’S WATCHING NOW T: SHANE KEELER D:
SHANE KEELER
RACE 1
1st FILLENTINA T: ROBERT KEYS J: KELVIN SANDERSON
2nd CUBIC T: BILL HAYES J: THOMAS DOYLE
3rd DELIGHTFUL DODGER T: BILL HAYES J: CRAIG
ATKINSON
RACE 2
1st SQUAZEEMOTO T: TAMMY MUIR J: MS CODI
JORDON
2nd LIKA MOSH T: JIM TAYLOR J: MS HANNAH LE
BLANC.
3rd 5 AXELBATCHFOLEY T: JIM TAYLOR J: JAMIE
GIBBONS.
RACE 3 HARNESS
1st LOU LOUS GOLD T: TAMMY LANGLEY D: DYLAN
FORD
2nd CHASIN FRANKIE T: Peter jakowenko D: ADRIAN
COLLINS
3rdJULEPE SANDS T: SHANE KEELER D: DAMIAN
SPRING
RACE 4
1st SOUTHERN JEWEL T: ROWAN HAMER J: MS
CODI JORDAN
2nd LINDRUM T: JIM TAYLOR J: MS HANNAH LE
BLANC
3rd WHOLESOME (NZ) T: ROBERT KEYS J: THOMAS
The remaining race meets are:
Boxing Day
Tuesday, December 26
New Year’s Eve Cup Day
Sunday, December 31
King Island Recreation Day
Saturday, January 13
Maritime/Miners Rest Cup
Saturday, January 20
Southern Air Fly-in Day
Saturday, January 27
A rota琀椀on of soon to be doctors and nurses from the King Island Hospital.
Track repairs have to be done as part of any great racing day event.