Sport
15 June, 2026
Rain not a dampner on trotting track
Moyreisk trainer Ashley Ainsworth won the open standing start Trot with the nine-year-old Night Whisperer who has now won on fifteenth occasions for in excess of $105,000 in prizemoney.
ALTHOUGH it was a wee bit damp at Stawell’s meeting on Monday, the track played fairly throughout the running of the seven race programme.
Moyreisk trainer Ashley Ainsworth won the open standing start Trot with the nine-year-old Night Whisperer who has now won on fifteenth occasions for in excess of $105,000 in prizemoney.
The Quaker Jet gelding was driven at Stawell by the trainer for his parents Barry and Katrina Ainsworth.
The Patchewollock owned No Emotion was successful for the third time this season when it came from last of the nine horse field when they paced past the tent with a lap to go to win easily by 3.8m.
It was the ten-year-olds nineth win for the Charlton combination of trainer Mick Gadsden and driver Luke Dunne.
At Bendigo on Wednesday evening Alison Tormey’s talented trotter Karbine made it four wins from its last six starts when it easily won the first heat of the Winter Series NMW Trot.
Trained by John Tormey and driven by Jack Laugher, the four-year-old drew barrier two on the second row of the 2150m mobile event and was still well back in the field at the 800m before rounding the field up on the home turn shooting clear to win by 8.0m with a quick mile rate of 1.58.8.
Four races later, it was the Youngson stable continuing its great run with Betsy Anne scoring for the first time for the Berrimal crew when she led all the way in the hands of James Herbertson over the short course of 1650m.
The seven-year-old mare who is raced by D Youngson, H Youngson, M Youngson, C Youngson, O Pickersgill, T McNamara and J McNamara has a career total of three wins and she is from the family of Lindy Grace (eight wins) and Tender Don (18 wins).
Mildura had a day meeting last week and the five-year-old gelding Prioritise won the fast class on the programme which was its tenth race win since moving to the area to be trained by Naomi Kerr. Amongst the ownership group that race the winner is retired St Arnaud publican Bob Egan.
The combination of Alison and John Tormey and Jack Laugher won the open maiden race with their two-year-old filly Surething who was only having her second career start but easily accounted for the opposition after leading all the way from her inside barrier draw. Bred by Alison Tormey, the filly is by the former top class pacer Guaranteed from Naomi Malone who won ten races from her forty-nine starts.
That win was the first of a double for Laugher. Luke Dunne also got a double and Connor Clarke getting his winner in the last race of the nine race card. Bendigo race tonight, Mildura Friday and Charlton next Monday.
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