Two more names for THE ASCENT and THE VELOCITY
Two more horses, a Southern Trotter and a Northern Pacer, have been confirmed for the $500,000 slot races at Addington Raceway’s Show Day Twilight races on Friday, November 15.
After a brilliant win at Ashburton on Monday, Bring On The Muscle has been confirmed as Tumby Park’s representative in the Majestic Horse Floats LP THE ASCENT, while the Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained Better Knuckle Up will replace his stablemate Cold Chisel in the Hill Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY for the slot owner Montana Park P/L.
Tumby Park is the racing and breeding operation run by Scott Whitby near Tweed Heads, just on the New South Wales side of the Queensland border.
On Monday it looked like Bring On The Muscle had no chance of winning in the Group 3 Neumann’s Tires Vipal Hambletonian 3YO Classic, only to finish on a storm and beat Empire City and Tyron Eros, already confirmed for THE ASCENT became. He has now won six of 16. Bred and driven by Jackie Barron, the Majestic Son gelding is trained by her husband Clark Barron.
Better Knuckle Up, a winner of five of 13, finished third behind Dreams Are Free and Jeremiah in the Garrard’s Sires’ Stakes Sophomore Classic on Monday.
He replaces his stablemate Cold Chisel, the Northern Derby winner, who went lame after Monday’s NZB Airfreight Flying Stakes.
