Exciting run by Miss Nashville at Globe
A broom handle has proved crucial for the exciting Miss Nashville, an all-the-way winner on Saturday’s Kevin & Kay Seymour Pace Final (1800m) at Globe Derby Park.
Driven by trainer Ryan Hryhorec, Miss Nashville ($4.40) began brilliantly from gate six to cross and lead in the $15,000 feature and was rated perfectly to win by four metres.
Trigger ($7.50), which trailed the winner, battled on well for second, 2-1/2 metres in front of Weregoingtogetcha ($1.30 fav) which was asked to race sit parked outside the winner.
Hryhorec said the winner had an interesting history.
“I was the third trainer asked to get her to track,” Hryhorec said.
“The bloke who dropped her off said I would get rid off within a week which was a challenge.
“When I started working her she wouldn’t go around corners but rather stopped and looked at me – just had no interest in going around bends.
“So I cut back the handle of a broom and used it as a lugging pole but had extended so it was in front of her head so she could see it.
“It took more than a week of using it every day before she gave up fighting it and consented to going around turns.
“She really has come a long way in a very short time as she had her first race start at Mildura on July 3 and now has had three starts for three wins and picked up a feature.”
Hryhorec said he would give the three-year-old filly a freshen up before getting her ready for the Southern Cross series late in the year.
He hopes she might also prove good enough to run in the Oaks as well.
It was a big night for Hryhorec who had a training double and also a driving double.
His first training winner was Lochinvar Leader in the Ray White Commercial Adelaide Pace (1800m).
A red hot $1.22 favourite, Lochinvar Leader was taken to the front from gate four by driver Danielle Hill and was never seriously challenged scoring by two metres from stablemate Miss Out ($7) with The Reginator ($26), six metres away third.
The win was the fourth in a row for the three-year-old and he is unbeaten since joining Hryhorec.
“He is a lovely horse,” Hryhorec said.
“His owner, Kevin Gordon, has a team of 20 horses trained in New South Wales by Robbie Morris and said any overflow would head my way.
“Lochinvar Leader had some good form in New South Wales as a two-year-old and I am excited about having in my team.
“I will keep taking him through the grades and see where he can take us.
“He is only a three-year-old and you look ahead to the SA Derby, but it is still four months away and you never know what horses will come from interstate.”
Hryhorec gave a tip for punters.
“We have seen him leading but he is even better with a sit.
“I work him with some of my best pacers at home and he comes off a helmet with a brilliant sprint.”
Hryhorec’s driving double came up on Hayoak for trainer Dean Girardi in the Hygain Trotters Mobile (2230m).
He sat back on Hayoak ($11) before letting the six-year-old mare sprint powerfully and she raced away for an easy eight metre win from Bitta Irish Luck ($2.80) with Bishop George ($6), two metres away third.
The win continues an excellent training season for Dean Girardi, and with 30 wins, he sits third on the SA Trainers premiership.
Hayoak, bred and owned by Peter Cluse, has had a great season with seven wins and nine placings but it was her first win since April 11.
Dee Jays Miss continued her wonderful season for trainer Max Beasley and connections with a tough win in the Bargain Steel Centre Pace (1800m).
The four-year-old mare notched her fifth win from just six starts this year.
Driven by Angela Chapman, Dee Jays Miss ($1.40 fav) came from gate seven and sat three wide early before moving to the spot outside the leader.
In the run home she proved too strong winning by three metres from Stylistik ($7.50) with Nevada Gambler ($4.60) 2-1/2 metres away third.
- Story Graham Fischer
- Photo Walter Bulyga