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RACING AHEADWA Harness Racing January 2018 LAZARUS NZ 2017 INTER DOMINION CHAMPION Make your bet matter Bet with TABtouch and a portion of every dollar you spend goes back into the WA racing industry. Proudly supporting local racing. Image supplied by Gloucester Park/Scott Hamilton Media ARE YOU RETIRING YOUR HORSE FROM RACING? DO YOU NEED HELP FINDING YOUR Get the TABtouch RETIRED RACEHORSE A NEW HOME IN THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD OR AS advantage A PLEASURE HORSE? OFF THE TRACK Giddy-Up Expert ratings and CAN HELP YOU! speed maps Forward us a good photo and details of your horse and we will advertise the horse for for you on WA’s most popular horse selling website SuperPick - Cavalletti Classifieds at no cost to you. Choose your special We will forward the ad and details of the horse onto all our Equestrian contacts and WA Equestrian Live Racing groups & clubs within WA. Watch Sky Racing live This will enhance the chances of your horse finding the right home sooner. 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Email: [email protected] Call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. rwwa.com.au Contents HARNESS RACING DEPARTMENT Racing Manager: Barry Hamilton Chief Handicapper: Warren Wishart 14 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017 Driving Master: Trevor Warwick Mobile: 0434 609 604 Trainers’ Service Centre Phone: (08) 9445 5267* Fax: (08) 9445 3056 24hr Nominations Service (08) 9445 5268* * Note all incoming and outgoing calls are recorded Email: [email protected] Office Hours:7.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday STEWARDS DEPARTMENTS General Manager Integrity: Denis Borovica Phone: (08) 9445 5427 Deputy Chief Steward: Rhys Chappell 70 Grandstand Road, Ascot, WA 6104 Phone: (08) 9445 5177 Fax: (08) 9477 5215 Email: [email protected] Investigator: Geoff Johnson 0408 843 560 RWWA INTEGRITY Integrity Recorded Message Service: 9445 5565 Email: [email protected] LICENSING, REGISTRATIONS & STAKES 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 Email: [email protected] 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 Telephone: (08) 9445 5558 Facsimile: (08) 9445 5586 Email: [email protected] Forms can be found at www.rwwa.com.au RACING & WAGERING WA HEAD OFFICE 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 (08) 9445 5333 fax (08) 9244 5914 e-mail [email protected] Winning 2017 Inter Dominion Trainer/Driver, Mark Purdon web www.rwwa.com.au Image courtesy of Gloucester Park/Scott Hamilton Media RACING AHEAD WA Editorial, Advertising & Subscriptions Features Suzy Jackson Phone: (08) 9445 5371 02 TABtouch Inter Dominion 2015 - 2017 Email: [email protected] 04 Personality Profile Racing & Wagering Western Australia 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 06 Off the Track 08 Community TAB 09 BOTRA News NEXT EDITION DEADLINE: 10 WASBA News Friday January 16, 2018 13 Race Dates 14 WA Feature Races 2017/18 All advertisements published in Racing Ahead WA Magazine are the responsibility of the person, company or advertising agency which submitted them for publication. 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RACING AHEAD HARNESS - January 1 INTER DOMINION 2015 - 2017 2017 Inter Dominion Champion Lazarus Image courtesy of Gloucester Park/Scott Hamilton Media Article by Wayne Currall The recent Inter Dominion held at Gloucester Park was the last of the master of WA’s little champ Chicago Bull and tough, no-nonsense three championship series held in WA. Sydneysider Tiger Tara. And it was fitting that the best was left until last. The first two home in the final - Lazarus and Chicago Bull - highlighted the diversity of the standardbred breed. In 2015, Victorian raider Lennytheshark outmuscled local hope Lovers Delight to be crowned Inters champion. Lazarus is a five-year-old black entire with the build and physique of his sire Bettors Delight. He is a magnificent specimen with a “Lenny” was a worthy victor and underlined his status as the best in commanding presence about him and an attitude that proclaims Australasia. “here’s a classy horse”. He returned in 2016 but injury hindered his effort to defend his crown. It was left to Lenny’s stablemate Hectorjayjay to fly the flag for Victoria and Australia, but tough New Zealand gelding Smolda outstayed his younger opponent in a gripping final. With Smolda retiring shortly after his Inters victory, his trainer/ reinsman Mark Purdon entered a handful of horses for the 2017 series in an effort to make it successive Inters crowns. In the end, Purdon relied on dual New Zealand Cup winner Lazarus and Have Faith In Me, who holds the title of Australia’s fastest horse after his phenomenal win in the 2016 Miracle Mile when he stopped the clock at 1:47.5. 2017 Inter Dominion Champion Lazarus But it was Lazarus who stood tall in the final when he proved the Image courtesy of Gloucester Park/Scott Hamilton Media 2 January - RACING AHEAD HARNESS TABtouch Inter Dominion 2015 - 2017 Then there’s Chicago Bull, who is the same age as Lazarus and has the same sire. That’s where the similarities end. The “Little Bull” is a lightly framed gelding that you wouldn’t glance twice at. He’s the smallest pacer champion trainer Gary Hall has ever trained, but what he lacks in size he makes up for in heart. The 2017 Inters series also underlined the prowess of the fantastic bloodlines of super sire Bettors Delight, who sired the first three placegetters. And the crowds that have flocked to Gloucester Park over the past three years of the Inters series has shown that people will come to the track when the best horses from Australia and New Zealand do battle. 2016 Inter Dominion Champion Smolda That was evident in early December when more than 9000 harness Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) has worked with Harness Racing racing fans were on course to see champion Kiwi pacer Lazarus frank New South Wales/Club Menangle and Harness Racing New Zealand his claim as the best pacer in the southern hemisphere with his to agree on an approach that will maintain the traditional Inter brilliant victory in the 2017 Inters final. Dominion heat format. The good news for local fans is that Inter Dominion champion “We, along with our partners, have agreed it is in the best interests Lazarus is staying in WA to contest the $300,000 Fremantle Pacing of the Inter Dominion series to run with three rounds of heats,” HRV Cup (2536m) on January 12 and the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup boss David Martin said. (2936m) a week later. “Feedback from punters, participants and fans suggests this is what The Inters victory took Lazarus’ career record to 40 starts for 33 wins people want, and given how exciting the build-up was to the Perth and seven placings and his career earnings climb to $3,317,139. Inter Dominion, this is also what works.” Purdon is also keen to contest the Hunter Cup in Melbourne and Harness Racing Australia revealed Victoria, NSW and New Zealand Sydney’s Miracle Mile, both run in February, with Lazarus - a pacer would host the Inter Dominion over the next three years, with he has described as the best horse he’s ever trained. consideration of other jurisdictions joining in during the second or We won’t see the Inter Dominion Championship series return third rotations. to Perth until at least 2021 after a recent meeting between the HRV has invited Victorian clubs to apply to host Inter Dominion heats next governing bodies. year, for heats to be held at venues away from Tabcorp Park Melton. The Inter Dominion will retain its traditional three rounds of heats followed by a grand final in Victoria next year. Melton will host the Inter Dominion Grand Final on December 15, 2018. 2015 Inter Dominion Champion Lennytheshark RACING AHEAD HARNESS - January 3 Personality Profile Article by Robbie Dewar PETER ARTHUR HARNESS racing in WA is blessed with many great characters. PROFESSION: Manager of the the Kellerberrin Municipal swimming pool and train three horses as a hobby One of those hails out of Kellerberrin. Peter Arthur has been involved in the sport for over 50 years. DATE OF BIRTH: 18/12/56 “My Dad Syd had horses and raced around the Port Augusta and Port MARITAL STATUS: Married to Pip and have four children Pirie regions in South Australia. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST WIN OR THRILL IN THE SPORT: “34 years ago I was doing a trip around Australia and got as far as Perth Winning with Rebel Tourist in town to give me my first city winner and stayed,” said Arthur.