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Oakbank SA Easter Carnival
Saturday 14th, April  2001
Races 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 -  Page 3

Race 6 - Eurest Australia Hcp 1100m

The Little Tacker (left) pushed forward from the outset to lead despite being wide on the track. He crossed the rail before commencing the turn for home leading narrowly from Shaye Spice. With 200m to go the challengers were spread across the track but The Little Tacker defied being run down. In the final stages The Little Tacker held his two length advantage to win from Bella Signorina (Left) with Shaye Spice(Below) narrowly holding third.

Hand Pass shared the early lead with Lazing About and Lezayre with Comedy Court next followed by Suit on the rail then Manetti with Point Danger next and Jester Chester further back. On settling Hand Pass led narrowly from Lezayre then Lazing About and Suit with Point Danger four wide and Jester Chester the widest runner. Around the turn Lezayre hit the front narrowly from Hand Pass with Lazing About moving up wider followed by Point Danger and Suit pocketed along the rail. With 300m to go Lazing About hit the front well off the rails from Hand Pass who was fighting back with Suit pocketed behind him trying to squeeze through inside Lezayre as Comedy Court tried to get a run inside the leader. At the 200m Lezayre ran out of room between Suit and Comedy Court resulting in a dramatic fall. Lezayre's jockey Shayne Cahill was lucky to miss the feet of Inkamulla who narrowly missed the pair. Jester Chester was unable to avoid the fallen Lezayre as she rolled onto her back and was brought down. Meanwhile Lazing About has a clear lead but Point Danger (below)  was charging down the centre of the track with Comedy Court running on near the rails. In the concluding stages Point Danger came away to win by a length from Lazing About with Comedy Court third. Both fallen horses were quickly to their feet with Lezayre suffering a depressed fracture to her cheekbone and Jester Chester general soreness. Shayne Cahill (rider of Lezayre) was taken to hospital for concussion whereas Brendan Sweeney (Jester Chester) appeared OK but reportedly felt unwell later Saturday night.

Jarl (below) jumped to the early lead from Cool Groom (left), Hibernian Prince (below) and Salad Touch from Maybe Rough and Fiddler's Green as St Steven was slow to begin. On settling Cool Groom led from Salad Touch followed by Jarl on the rails and Brush With Fame out wider then Maybe Rough and Hibernian Prince. Over the fallen log Cool Groom was well clear of Salad Touch and Jarl then Maybe Rough, Brush With Fame then St Steven and Hibernian Prince with Seek the Gold next and Fiddler's Green last. After fence nine Cool Groom led from Jarl on the rails, Salad Touch centre and Brush With Fame wide on the track with Maybe Rough and St Steven next. Over fence 11 Cool Groom led despite running out from Jarl with Seek the Gold making a forward move followed by Salad Touch then St Steven and Maybe Rough with Brush With Fame still wide. Over fence 12 Cool Groom mis timed his jump hitting the fence extremely hard. Sadly this resulted in Cool Groom suffering a compound fracture to the offside pastern. After the fallen log Seek the Gold led from Jarl with Maybe Rough next on the fence from St Steven and Salad Touch then Brush With Fame followed by Hibernian Prince and Fiddler's Green. Over fence 14 Jarl hit the front from Maybe Rough as Seek the Gold took off a touch early then went down on his knees on landing dislodging his jockey as Salad Touch moved up to third from Brush With Fame as St Steven and Hibernian succesfully tried to avoid the fallen rider. Maybe Rough challenged over the next fence from Salad Touch, Brush With Fame and St Steven. Around the turn Jarl raced clear despite appearing to drift in when not quite clear of Maybe Rough. At fence 17 Jarl was going strongly in front from Maybe Rough then St Steven with Brush With Fame. At the last Jarl led from St Steven who tried to give chase from Maybe Rough with a gap to Hibernian Prince and Brush With Fame. Jarl proved too strong in the run to the line winning by 1 3/4 lengths from St Steven with 3 lengths to Maybe Rough third.

Race 9 - The Advertiser Ltd/Johnston Hcp 1900m

Gunshot (left & below) settled midfield along the rails. Passing the 800m he moved wide on the track to make a forward move. Despite being five and six wide around the turn Gunshot knuckled down to his task and set sail after the frontrunners on straightening. With 150m to go Gun Shot joined the leaders and swept past racing to the line the winner by 3/4 of a length from Glenola with King Royale third.

Go Radar (left & below) settled in fifth on the rails in the early stages. Around the long sweeping turn Go Radar moved out to be four and five horses wide to start his challenge. At the 200m there was a wall of horses across the track but on the outside Go Radar was finishing the best of all. With 50m to go Go Radar was in front and held off the fast finishing Lucy's Gift with Mysticism getting home closer the rails for third.

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