Following the great pacing action taking place on Friday night, including the Western Gateway 3YO Final, harness racing moves to Mildura on Saturday night as the Victorian club hosts the $50,000 Group 2 Mildura Cup Final.
Ten of the country’s most exciting pacers are engaged in the 2600m mobile start feature including Geoff Webster’s talented Barastoc Grand Circuit Winner Mister Zion.
Geoff Websters’ talented Barastoc Grand Circuit winner Mister Zion will face off against Sammy Maguire
Last start winner in his Mildura Cup heat, Mister Zion will jump from barrier five on Saturday with master reinsman Greg Sugars due to drive.
The other winner from last week’s heats was the Gavin Lang-trained and driven Bendigo Cup victor Sammy Maguire who has drawn in the back row on Saturday night in barrier nine.
Trainer Glen Douglas is well represented in the 2010 Mildura Cup with Bunda Cliffs, who Glen with drive, and the consistent Breeders Crown winner Make Mine Cullen starting from barriers three and four respectively.
The 2010 Park Douglas Printing Mildura Pacing Cup is scheduled as race seven at 9:30pm on the night’s bumper nine event card that also features the $24,000 Mark Curry & Associates Cup Final (Race 5)
2010 Mildura Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw:
Br. |
Form |
Horse |
Trainer |
Driver |
Class |
Hcp. |
| 1 | 11554 |
MASTER WARATAH |
M Cirillo | Nigel Milne | C7 M0 | FR1 |
| 2 | 67635 |
MYSTICAL WARRIOR |
G P Freeman | Damian Wilson | C9 M1 | FR2 |
| 3 | s1143 |
BUNDA CLIFFS NZ |
G F Douglas | Glenn Douglas | C7 M1 | FR3 |
| 4 | s1112 |
MAKE MINE CULLEN |
G F Douglas | Daryl Douglas | C8 M1 | FR4 |
| 5 | 143s1 |
MISTER ZION NZ |
G F Webster | Greg Sugars | C11 M3 | FR5 |
| 6 | 76834 |
THE GUNSTAR |
D F Braun | Chris Alford | C10 M3 | FR6 |
| Second Row: | ||||||
| 7 | 9s926 |
DREAMING FELLA (Em 1) |
V Costa | Leigh Sutton | C10 M1 | SR- |
| 8 | 05303 |
IN MONACO NZ |
C L Wootton | Brian Gath | C7 M2 | SR1 |
| 9 | 34331 |
SAMMY MAGUIRE NZ |
G A Lang | Gavin Lang | C14 M3 | SR2 |
| 10 | 19552 |
JACKSON GRANT |
G F Douglas | Michael Bellman | C14 M7 | SR3 |
| 11 | 91215 |
NO ENCORE |
S J O’Donoghue | Neil McCallum | C11 M0 | SR4 |