BANKS PENINSULA TC, Friday, February 13
Race 11: PERISSA (7, Mark), mob 2000m: “She’s freshened up after the trip to Invercargill. She likes the grass and should be a strong each-way chance.”
Outside drives
Race 2: MOMENTOUS (8), 2170m std: “He’s first-up for Andrew Garters. Bred to be ok but I don’t know too much about him.”
Race 7: SCOTLYNN MACH (11), mob. 2000m: “He’s honest in the grade. An each-way chance in an even field.”
Race 8: DOCTOR McDREAMY (12), 2170m std: “He’s up in grade after winning his maiden last time for Andrew Garters, so looking for luck from the draw.”
TIMARU HRC, Sunday, February 15
I Get Around, has progressed well in three trials and makes her debut in the $25,000 Magness Benrow Sires Stakes Heat at Timaru on Sunday.
Race 5: KOWHAI SUNRISE (8, Ricky May), mob. 2000m: “We couldn’t get into it from the back row in the mile last week but the front row is a help. If she can settle handy she’s a chance.”
Race 6: SMOKE N FIRE (9, Ricky May) & I GET AROUND (10, Blair Orange), mob. 2000m: “The both went good at the Ashburton trials on Tuesday, but Mark Purdon’s ones were a bit too good for us.”
“Some on the front row might have probably got an advantage. I Get Around has three trials and is probably a bit more advanced than Smoke N Fire. It will be interesting to see how they shape up.”
Race 8: ASTRAPI (2, Craig Thornley), 2600m std: “He won down there the last time he raced at Washdyke but he’s been doing things wrong since Blenheim but so take on trust.”