On the Wander roams his way to victory at SR Transport Jimmy Roberts Memorial Trophy heats
Pelaw Grange hosted two Sr Transport Jimmy Roberts Memorial Trophy heats Tuesday. The two heats offered prize money of £100 and were run over 435m. The top three from each race advanced to Saturday’s £500
final.
SR Transport Jimmy Roberts Memorial Trophy - Heat 1
It was 2-1 race favourite, On The Wander, winning the first heat with a time of 26.10 seconds. Wander took the lead at the halfway point of the race, and stretched it into a huge eight-length win over
Rhincrew Ace.
Ace had the worst start of the group, but improved significantly after the first bend, forcing his way into second place. Finishing a length behind Ace in third was Moscow Tears. Tears ran from trap five,
and was forced out wide on the first bend before pushing his way to the rails.
In fourth place was Bandicoot Marley, who was looking good in this race before being badly crowded on the third bend with Cry Of Freedom. While Marley was able to at least stay in fourth spot, Freedom
dropped all the way back to last place. Gorbals Lewis looked good in the early going of this race, but fell back in the second half before finishing in fifth place.
SR Transport Jimmy Roberts Memorial Trophy - Heat 2
In the second heat, Royal Clover was able to beat the 4-9 race favourite, Boherbradda Mac, by a length with a time of 25.94. The two were close from the traps, and battled all race long until Clover was
able to get a step on Mac as they neared the finish line.
No Gamble and Galgo Feliz stayed close to the top two hounds with Gamble sticking to the inside from trap one to earn third spot. Galgo was a 20-1 longshot, and did well just to stay close to the top three
after a slow start from the traps.
The bottom two racers, Crooks Tyrone and Bransa Bob, looked like crabs in a bucket as they prevented each other from gaining on the rest of the pack. The two bumped each other out of the traps, and then
again on the first bend, putting them too far back to recover. Tyrone took fifth place, 5¾ lengths behind Feliz, and Bob finished just a neck behind Tyrone in last place.
Final draw: 1 On The Wander, 2 Rhincrew Ace, 3 Royal Clover, 4 No Gamble, 5 Moscow Tears, 6 Boherbradda Mac (w).
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