Following Friday night’s Australian Pacing Championship at Gloucester Park the exciting harness racing action continues this Saturday night at Globe Derby when two terrific Group 1 pacing events take place – the $30 000 Group 1 SA Derby (2230m) and the headline race of the night, the $100 000 Group 1 SA Pacing Cup (2645m).
Trainer driver Mal Whiteford has a strong presence in the SA Derby with three of his best pacers set to start. Whiteford will drive Kamwood Jack in the event, who has drawn ideally with barrier two. Starting beside their stablemate in barrier three, Mands Gearl will be driven by Greg Sugars. Whiteford also has Diceneasy entered, the less fancied runner drawing wide with barrier 10.
Meanwhile On-fire Mapua Legend, the only New Zealand-bred contender in the Derby is coming off three successive victories and will start from barrier seven.
Two of the top fancies in the SA Cup are the Geoff Webster trained and driven Mister Zion in barrier two, and Lance Justice’s Smoken Up, the most experienced pacer of the field, starting from barrier nine.
Mister Zion’s trainer Webster is seeking back-to-back success in the Cup following his victory with Mister Swinger last season. Mister Swinger is not defending his title this year, Webster instead opting to run the talented sprinter in the $20 000 SEW-Eurodrive New Year Sprint at Melton’s Tabcorp Park on Friday night.
Although four-year-old Mister Zion has displayed sensational form over his short career, winning 11 of his 18 starts, the 2008 SA Cup winner Smoken Up will still be the one to beat. Other competition will come in the form of the Mark Peace-trained Cincinnati Kid in barrier six and Diamonds N Furs in barrier seven.
The SEW-Eurodrive SA Derby is the first of the Group 1 features, scheduled as race four on the cracker nine-event programme for Saturday night and is due to start at 7:54pm. The SA Pacing Cup then takes place as race six at 8:52pm.
The feature trotting event at the meeting is the $25 000 Group 3 SA Trotters Cup (race three).
Globe Derby Race Programme – Saturday January 9:
Race # |
Race Name |
Prizemoney |
Distance |
Class |
Time |
| 1 | SLOANS SANDS PACE | $6 000 | 1800m | C3 – C5 | 6:25pm |
| 2 | KEVIN & KAY SEYMOUR PACE CONSOLATION | $8 000 | 2230m | C1 – C2 | 6:53pm |
| 3 | SEELITE WINDOWS & DOORS SA TROTTERS CUP (GR.3) | $25 000 | 2645m | TM0 or Better | 7:22pm |
| 4 | SEW-EURODRIVE SA DERBY (GR. 1) | $30 000 | 2230m | 3C0 or Better | 7:54pm |
| 5 | KEVIN & KAY SEYMORE PACE FINAL | $15 000 | 2230m | C1 – C2 | 8:22pm |
| 6 | SA CUP (GR. 1) | $100 000 | 2645m | M0 or Better | 8:52pm |
| 7 | DUDLEY JUSTICE PLATE | $10 000 | 2645m | M0 or Better | 9:22pm |
| 8 | SA HEROINE | $8 000 | 1800m | Mares | 9:52pm |
| 9 | NEVELE R STUD 2YO PACE | $6 000 | 1800m | 2YO | 10:22p |
2010 SA Derby Final Field & Barrier Draw:
# |
Form |
Horse |
Trainer |
Driver |
Class |
| 1 | 2s315 |
KORUNYE KID |
W J Cormack | Matthew Jacques | 3C1 |
| 2 | 24s21 |
KAMWOOD JACK |
M Whiteford | Mal Whiteford | 3C1 |
| 3 | 46s23 |
MANDS GEARL |
M Whiteford | Greg Sugars | 3C0 |
| 4 | 81s11 |
SUNROSE DON |
R A Dacey | Jack O’Bree | 3C2 |
| 5 | 3s434 |
SINOPOLI |
O L Trotta | Danielle Hill | 3C0 |
| 6 | 4s224 |
WAITPINGA BAD BOY |
K Joy | Scott Ewen | 3C0 |
| 7 | 8s111 |
MAPUA LEGEND (NZ) |
I J Frost | David Harding | 3C3 |
| Second Row: | |||||
| 8 | 6s331 |
MODERN WARRIOR |
P J Males | Chris Alford | 3C1 |
| 9 | SCR. |
MAN OF ART |
SCRATCHED | SCRATCHED | - |
| 10 | 65s82 |
DICENEASY |
M Whiteford | Geoff Webster | 3C0 |
| 11 | 2327s |
RENAISSANCE MAN |
A P Gath | Kate Gath | 3C2 |
2010 SA Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw:
# |
Form |
Horse |
Trainer |
Other Engagement |
Driver |
Class |
| 1 | 18118 |
LONGTAN SAFARI |
J D Kingston-Mayne | - | Mark Billinger | C9 M1 |
| 2 | 12411 |
MISTER ZION (NZ) |
G F Webster | - | Geoff Webster | C9 M2 |
| 3 | 32186 |
ARTIFACTOR |
B P Hancock | - | Mitchell Reese | C9 M2 |
| 4 | 71725 |
TRIPLE VANCE Em.1 |
S J O’Donoghue | G.Derby 9/1/10 | Todd Matthews | C7 M0 |
| 5 | 4594s |
BALTIC ICE |
G P Freeman | - | Chris Alford | C8 M2 |
| 6 | 19483 |
CINCINNATI KID (NZ) |
M Peace | - | Mark Peace | C16 M11 |
| 7 | 3s326 |
DIAMONDS N FURS (NZ) |
A P Gath | - | Kate Gath | C12 M7 |
| Second Row: | ||||||
| 8 | 15961 |
TI VOGLIOBENE |
G R Norman | - | Greg Sugars | C12 M5 |
| 9 | 21322 |
SMOKEN UP (NZ) |
L J Justice | - | Lance Justice | C25 M20 |
| 10 | 16582 |
STACCATO |
S J O’Donoghue | - | David Harding | C6 M1 |
| 11 | 11s35 |
IN FULL OF FIRE (NZ) |
I J Frost | - | Paul Cavallaro | C9 M0 |