Metropolitan midweek racing in Western Australia will again be held at the Belmont turf club on Wednesday, August 31st, the weather is currently overcast racing on a soft five the rail position is out 18 m with a cut away in the straight.
The first of the Ben Pearce stable runners will enter in race three with Cheap Express third up from a spell in the Perth Racing Twitter maiden over 1200 m with Peter Hall aboard jumping from barrier 13 in a field of 14.
8 CHEAP EXPRESS (Blks)
4 year old brown mare (18-10-2012) Sire: Danehill Express Dam: Cherpara (Stormy’s Son) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Mungrup Stud
Owners: B M Pearce, Canseeme Syndicate(Mgr: D J Hollins)
Colours: Red, Black Horseshoes, Dk. Blue Sleeves And Cap
Cheap Express is a four-year-old Brown mare having raced on six occasions and is still a maiden with three placings earning prize-money exceeding $7000, last time out she competed at Pinjarra on July 21 finishing midfield fifth of 10 in a three-year-old maiden set weights over 1403 m when racing on a soft (5) with Joe Azzopardi aboard arrived 2.25 lengths behind the winner in a time of 1:26.03.
(run on July 7)
Race seven on the card in the Brian Brennan 80th birthday handicap over 1700m, has stable runner Gigidy Gigidy Goo as the second emergency at this stage and is yet to gain a start, jumping from barrier seven.
3 GIGIDY GIGIDY GOO (Blks)
7 year old bay gelding (27-9-2009) Sire: Vain Rancher Dam: Borden (Dauberval (USA)) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Mr M Nash
Owners: J Papadopoulos, D R Fletcher, M J Nash, Mrs M A Nash, A G Valentino, R S Ashby, R A Clarke
Colours: Pink, Black Diamond And Armbands, Quartered Cap
Track: 3:0-1-0 Dist: 0:0-0-0 Track/Dist: 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won: 1000 (1), 1200 (2)
Firm: 0:0-0-0 Good: 9:1-1-1 Soft: 5:2-0-0 Heavy: 0:0-0-0 Synthetic: 0:0-0-0
Gigidy Gigidy Goo is a seven-year-old Bay gelding having raced on 14 occasions for three wins and two placings earning prize-money exceeding $42,000, when last in competition on August 13 at Belmont he finished second of four in a one metro win handicap over 1400 m with Randy Tan the pilot arriving 1.5 lengths behind the winner in a time of 1:25.72.
The final stable runner will see the return from a break of Danablue to compete in a corporate membership handicap over 1200 m with apprentice Ms Kate Witten aboard relieving valuable kilos off the 60 kilograms allotted jumping from barrier nine in a field of 14.
1 DANABLUE (Blks)
7 year old bay gelding (21-9-2009) Sire: Husson Lightning Dam: Nikita Blue (Polish Blue (USA)) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Ms a M Fisher
Owners: T A Mc Kee
Colours: Cerise And Orange Checkers, Orange Cap
Danablue is a seven-year-old Bay gelding having raced on 34 occasions for five wins and 11 placings earning prize-money exceeding $218,000, he returns for this via a Pinjarra barrier trial on August 22 finishing fifth of six with Joe Azzopardi aboard landing 4.5 lengths behind the heat winner over the 1000m trip, timed at 59.82.
(run on April 14)
The stable would like to wish connections of these three runners the best of luck at Belmont on Wednesday.