Jilliby Ballerini
Victoria’s powerhouse trotting stable has one hand on its first Great Southern Star crown.
It appears only Jilliby Ballerini stands between her stable mate Keayang Zahara and the $500,000 Summer Of Glory bonus for the trotters after the former took out the Kilmore Trotters Cup.
Brisbane Lions premiership player Darcy Gardiner knows all about Grand Finals.
It would appear only an upset of mammoth proportions will deny the connections of Keayang Zahara from pocketing the $500,000 Summer Of Glory trotting bonus.
The Bendigo Pacing Cup of 2020 will live long in the memory of Brisbane Lions premiership star Darcy Gardiner.
This will be a New Zealand Cup Week like no other for Australia.
Jilliby Ballerini will represent the powerful Ecklin South barn of Marg, Paddy and Jason Lee at next month’s $NZ400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot in New Zealand.
Champion mares Winx, Black Caviar and Makybe Diva became household names during glittering careers on the turf.
Keayang Zahara became the hottest trotter in this part of the world after winning her first 15 starts, but could face a second successive defeat when she returns from a spell at Melton on Saturday night.
Champion pacer Leap To Fame stands between Catch A Wave and his quest for open age Group 1 success in Victoria.
Well-bred three-year-old My Ultimate Barney has next month’s Group 1 Woodlands Stud Victoria Derby in his sights after outclassing the older horses in the Hygain Victory Pace at Melton on Saturday night.
Emerging star Keayang Tokyo gets the chance to book his own ticket to Group 1 racing in Sydney when he steps out in hot company at Melton on Saturday night.
The ‘match race’ between the two star four-year-old trotting mares Jilliby Ballerini and Violet Stanford was thwarted by the Josh Aiken trained and driven Maoris Mac who broke through for her first win in more than a year in the Prydes Easifeed Trot.