Ken Casellas |
With Kyle Symington having received a reprieve from a suspension to drive in the Fremantle Cup and Caduceus Club Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night but barred from driving in other events at the meeting, in-form reinsman Mitch Miller has leapt at the unexpected opportunity to handle two smart Ryan Bell-trained pacers Machs Bettor and The Code Breaker.
Symington is the regular driver of both those horses, each of whom has excellent winning prospects, with Machs Bettor starting from the prized No. 1 barrier in the opening event, the Retrtavison.com.au Pace, and The Code Breaker starting from barrier two in the third event, the RAC Members Save 5% Every Day at Retravision Pace.
Machs Bettor, a winner at eight of his 32 starts, will be resuming after a five-month absence. He possesses good gate speed and should be capable of setting the pace and proving too good over the 1730m sprint event for his rivals. The main opposition should come from Brookies Dream and Hes Never Been Beta.
Machs Bettor led early and then took the sit behind the frontrunning The Code Breaker in a 2185m Pinjarra trial on Wednesday of last week. He finished a sound third behind The Code Breaker.
The Code Breaker dashed over the final quarters of the trial in 28.2sec. and 27.6sec. and rated 1.56.6 in winning by a half-length from Rolling Fire.
The Code Breaker, whose 80 starts have produced 16 wins and 29 placings, has excellent prospects of leading and winning from Jett Star, Star Casino and El Chema.
Jocelyn Young has bright prospects of notching her 400TH victory when she drives the Debra Lewis-trained Wall Street Girl from the No. 1 barrier in the 1730m Retravision Click’N’Collect Pace.
Wall Street Girl put the writing on the wall with her splendid second to The Wand Waver over 2185m at Pinjarra on Monday when the mare settled in last position before making a fast move at the 1450m to the breeze and then taking a narrow lead 80m from the post before being overhauled in the final few strides by The Wand Waver, who finished fast along the sprint lane.