Welcome along to the weekly wrap. This weeks wrap we’ll be going through some numbers on trainer stats both locals and Ballarat track in general, also we’ll talk about the major revamp we had done on Friday the 11th and as usual go through the weeks racing and identify some great runs and some hard luck storys.
MONDAY
Mondays card wasn’t our usual run of the mill Tier 3 meeting, it was replaced with a full stakes meet instead and didn’t disappoint.
We started the day off with a couple of maidens then a couple of mixed 6/7′s then into the Grade 5′s and mixed 4/5′s.
In the first, a maiden 450mtr a greyhound by the name of Aeroplane Tommy was sent out the short priced fav but again bombed the kick and was last out and having to circle the field and finding one better. The day this dog jumps with the field there is no doubt he’ll salute in easy fashion and break his maiden.
Race 9 seen a unbelievable run from the Andrew Stewart trained Slick Ice. On a track that had been full renovated the previous Friday and other mixed 4/5′s running 25.70′s, the aptly named son of Cosmic Rumble was indeed slick, making light work of box 6 leading all the way clocking a blistering 25.25
Slick Ice lighting the track up in 25.25
WEDNESDAY
With temperatures in the 30′s during the day it was going to make for a great nights racing. Our features for the night were the, 390 Vic Bred 1-4 wins final and the final of the 450mtr Vic bred final.
The 390mtr Final saw Macey Blue make it 3 on end giving nothing else a chance pinging straight the front going 8.26 & saluting in 22.07. One dog worth following out of the race was the unlucky Mighty Sam, he jumped a little slow and then was servilely hampered at the first turn and check out to near last spotting the leader the best part of 12L, he railed hard to power home for 3rd, defiantly 1 to keep your eye on.
The 450mtr Final was taken out by the short priced fav in American Warrior. It was as easy as it sounds for favourite punters with hot pot only evenly away then copping a bump soon after dropping him out to a clear last, but to his credit he balanced up and exploded down the back out deep on the track to sweep around the field and take the lead in to the turn and then continue to power away with the race in a comfortable 25.36. A very exciting young dog to follow.
Exciting young talent American Warrior winning the Vic Breeders Final
THE NUMBERS
Coming to the end of the year we have done some research and come up with some stats in 3 category’s. Ballarat Stats, Top 100 in Victoria and how the local’s fair in the top 1500 in Australia.
Top 30 leading trainers at Ballarat as of Dec 11th
1 ANDREA DAILLY- 329 -46-54-42 13.98%
2 STEVEN COLLINS- 179 -21-32-33 11.73%
3 JASON THOMPSON- 48 -20-8-4 41.66%
4 JASON FORMOSA- 157 -18-16-22 11.46%
5 THOR DORSETT- 84 -16-17-8 19.04%
6 BROOKE ENNIS- 38 -16-10-3 42.01%
7 JOE BORG- 45 -16-7-7 35.55%
8 DARYL BRENNAN- 65 -16-5-15 24.61%
9 JOHN MAGRI- 66 -16-5-12 24.24%
10 HEATHER COLLINS- 101 -15-10-9 14.85%
11 ANDREW MOONEY- 87 -14-9-7 16.09%
12 NEVILLE VINCENT- 59 -14-8-13 23.72%
13 KELLY BRAVO- 35 -13-5-6 37.14%
14 DEBORAH COLEMAN- 28 -13-2-4 46.42%
15 ALFRED KING- 82 -12-12-5 14.63%
16 JESSICA SHARP- 75 -12-11-13 16.00%
17 SAM BONACCURSO- 57 -12-7-10 21.05%
18 RODNEY CLARK- 24 -12-5-1 50.00%
19 GARRY SELKRIG- 35 -12-4-5 34.28%
20 MARK GIDDINGS- 48 -11-10-6 22.91%
21 JEFFREY BRITTON- 39 -11-5-3 28.02%
22 JASON SHARP- 57 -10-11-12 17.54%
23 DARREN MURRAY- 52 -10-8-8 19.23%
24 GLENN CAMPBELL- 100 -9-17-16 9.00%
25 ANITA COURTS- 76 -9-10-16 11.84%
26 KEVIN WARD- 76 -9-7-14 11.84%
27 KELVYN GREENOUGH- 18 -9-0-3 50.00%
28 SHEILA DONLON- 67 -8-11-11 11.94%
29 ANTHONY AZZOPARDI- 28 -8-9-2
28.57% 30 WAYNE VASSALLO- 36 -8-7-7 22.22%
29 ANTHONY AZZOPARDI- 28 -8-9-2 28.57%
30 WAYNE VASSALLO- 36 -8-7-7 22.22%
Locals in the leading 100 trainers in Victoria
22nd DARYL BRENNAN 264-73-34-33 27.65%
25th JOE BORG 289-68-45-50 23.52%
39th CHRIS STANTON 349-47-43-44 13.46%
83rd SAM BONACCURSO 169-26-25-22 15.38%
84th ALFRED KING 231-26-25-21 11.25%
85th NEVILLE VINCENT 146-26-16-20 17.08%
89th BRIAN HODGSON 159-25-19-16 15.72%
96th GARY HANSEN 212-23-36-33 10.84%
Locals in the leading 1500 in Australia
57th DARYL BRENNAN 264-73-34-33 27.65%
63rd JOE BORG 289-68-45-50 23.52%
128th CHRIS STANTON 349-47-43-44 13.46%
314th SAM BONACCURSO 169-26-25-22 15.38%
315th ALFRED KING 231-26-25-21 11.25%
334th NEVILLE VINCENT 146-26-16-20 17.08%
334th BRIAN HODGSON 159-25-19-16 15.72%
358th GARY HANSEN 212-23-36-33 10.84%
388th WENDY HANSEN 167-22-20-19 13.17%
392nd DARREN MURRAY 111-22-19-16 19.81%
410th STAN KRUCKEL 228-21-37-31 9.21%
527th BILL DONLON 156-18-21-12 11.53%
617th FRANK MYER 108-16-20-14 14.81%
687th DARYL WEIGHTMAN 107-15-14-23 14.01%
709th ROHAN GLADMAN 71-15-8-10 21.12%
716th MALCOLM HIRTZEL 42-15-5-3 35.71%
724th SHEILA DONLON 166-14-23-30 8.43%
781th JOHN HIGGINS 161-13-26-25 8.07%
975th GARY PEACH 83-11-10-17 13.25%
1057th PETER GRIFFEN 70-10-11-7 14.28%
1077th IVAN CHIRCOP 119-10-8-21 8.04%
1125th ADAM MCNAMARA 86-9-14-13 10.46%
1284th TONY JEFFREY 73-8-8-7 10.95%
1305th VERITY COTTON 39-8-7-3 20.51%
1358th GEOFF COLLINS 12-8-1-0 66.66%
1427th DAVID TODD 47-7-8-4 14.89%
Local winners around the state
Joe Borg take the honours this week with 2 winners.
-Charlston at Sandown in 34.60
-Drysdale Doll at The Meadows in 30.39
Ballarat trainers won 3 races at Warrnambool last Thursday
-Joe Gigliotti’s Parsnip in 25.49
-Ted Sladdin’s Ahlenny over the 650 in 37.97
-Team Brennan with Uptown Funk in 25.59
The locals also had 3 winners on their home track
-Hayden Gilders Evening Major in 26.12
-Rohan Gladman’s Rosie Rocks in 25.76
-Chris Stanton’s Seabrook Snow in 22.47
also Hodgys Major Crush won at the Meadows in 43.60, Magic Eddy for David good at Horsham in 23.67, Kosmic King for Digger Bridges also at Horsham in 23.28 and Tamar Beauty for Gary Hansen at Bendigo in 29.03.
