Gammalite Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 NZ trots not even on the air in Aus tonight , but at least Tasmania is still having it's Time honoured Easter Cup , un-like Addington. Leading Victorian Trainer Emma Stewart has sent down 10 runners to sweep the Tasmanian program. Two of them should quinella the Easter Cup so they generously left ONE race for the locals to win !! lol.... Mark Pitt could drive the Australasian record tonight of 9 winners !!!!! Update : 2 races down so far, for 2 wins for Emma and Mark . 7 to go . wonder if he can do it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Gammalite said: Mark Pitt could drive the Australasian record tonight of 9 winners !!!!! So far ....so good !! .Half the nights Launceston races are run and 5 winners driven by Mark Pitt. Odds have been 2 x $1.10 , 2 x $1.20 and the 5th race $2.20 , by a combined around 70m margin. impressive. Now for the second half of the program. He may have the wrong drive in the Easter Cup. I think the stablemate from the Emma Stewart barn LIKE A WILDFIRE will win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 53 minutes ago, Gammalite said: Now for the second half of the program. He may have the wrong drive in the Easter Cup. Mark Pitt drives LONGFELLOW to win the $100,000 Easter Cup with Like a Wildfire 'riding shotgun' parked in the death from his 20m backmark outside him for last mile. 6 down 3 to go for Mark (and Emma) Meanwhile MACH SHARD regains form after 6 unplaced runs at McCarthys this year for his 3 kiwi owners , including Barry Purdons missus Katrina. went out to Wagga to win the Cup there tonight in a 1.49. 6 mile rate no less. !!! Another runner Katrina part owns with a few kiwi folk ran 4th in Wagga Cup ... it was Bad To The Bone (no wins from 8 this year) who seems to be just battling these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Mafusa Metro , an ex-pat NZer trotted in by 8 lengths at Melton last night, to head towards Open Class ranks in great style for John Justice. could be a candidate to replace the recently retired Tornado Valley at that rate?. Mark Pitt proving to be a mini Mark Purdon WINNING 9 races for an Australasian Driving record last night !! All 9 horses trained by Emma Stewart . He did drive in the 10th race but the Tasmanian 'mugs' put him on a 50-1 shot ??? so it ran no-where. Stopped him sweeping the card , but amazing driving all the same !!!! No huge collect from it , the 9 win multi taken returned just 22-1 . But well done Mark Pitt !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBlacki Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Well done mate for labelling that before the event 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 16 hours ago, CosmicBlacki said: Well done mate for labelling that before the event 👍 A wonderful achievement. Emma Stewart had the previous record training at 8 wins on one program. AND the record driving was 6 wins . 6 wins had been achieved 25 times amazingly by a whole array of drivers !!! wonder if Mark Purdon is one of those ?? he must of gone close to 6 winners a few times. New Record of 9 winning Drives Not going to be beaten anytime soon lol ............... Stewart and Pitt dominate Launceston's premier race night 17 April 2022 | Duncan Dornauf for Tasracing History was made at the Launceston Pacing Club’s biggest race night of the year, when Victorian trainer Emma Stewart and reinsman Mark Pitt wrote their names into a piece of Australian harness racing history. The duo combined to win nine of the 10 races held, and according to Harness Racing Australia records, it is the most number of wins at a single meeting for a trainer and driver. “To drive nine on a card like tonight is just a huge achievement,” said Pitt post-meeting. “The credit has to go to Emma, her partner Clayton (Tonkin) and all their staff, without them I don’t drive nine winners, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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