[field name=vimeo]

“Giacomo wins Mandurah Derby for Chris Halse”

Victorian chaser Giacomo caused an upset to win tonight’s Sires On Ice Mandurah Derby Final from box three. He drove to an early lead and when challenged on the outside by race favourite Iconic Jet he maintained the advantage and won by a length in a brilliant 27.10. The female equivalent of the Derby Series also got underway tonight with three heats of the Mandurah Oaks. Heat One belonged to Sunset Oyster who led throughout from box one, gripping on to win by half a head in 27.44 for David Hobby. Rosie Browne ran a strong second and five lengths away third was Burnt Passion. The second heat saw West On Gnocchi capitalise on box one for Chris Halse. She led all the way and clocked 27.45, defeating Graceful Reign by two lengths and a length away third was Simple Sally. The final heat was run in the fastest time with the talented and inexperienced Next Thing Uno leading all the way in 27.33. Fast Byte finished like a freight train late to grab second and close up in third was Federal Focus. The box draw for next Fridays Mandurah Oaks :

1. GRACEFUL REIGN
2. NEXT THING UNO
3. SUNSET OYSTER
4. WEST ON GNOCCHI
5. FAST BYTE
6. SIMPLE SALLY
7. ROSIE BROWNE
8. FEDERAL FOCUS
9. BURNT PASSION
10. STAR ZITTO

HOUNDS TO FOLLOW :

Race 1 Number 7 ZIPPING CAGNEY : Overcame a wide draw to win comfortably in 17.04.

Race 3 Number 8 ZIPPING SEATTLE : Drifted a long way back but hit the line hard at her Mandurah debut.

Ryan Levitzke (commentator)