Albany Review Tuesday December 1st

Albany conducted a good seven event card, with Jockey Peter Hall the star of the meeting with a treble from his only three rides. Hall teamed up with Alan Mcnamara Senior (Double) and Junior for his wins, whilst David Chipman continued on his merry way with another double for the Steve Wolfe stable.

Peter Hall returns to scale on Cherpara

Race One: Lady Lavenham proved her first start at Pinjarra was an abberation, with an easy victory over the 1200m for apprentice rider Damien Lane and trainer Mark Nelson. The three year old was eased down to win by 3 1/2 lengths in a smart 1.10.29, which was only 0.29 slower than the Open class sprint. Major Bligh caught the eye after a slow start running on well to finish second, with Dinglish given every chance back third. Poireau ran a nice race at his debut, as did Good Girl Lucy first up after a spell.

Lady Lavenham (Damien Lane)

Race Two: The Chipman/Wolfe team provided another winner in Midnight Touch who had a good run on the fence, gained a late split and scored narrowly over Reflective Image and Pulashaky who both ran good races, and had settled down to a two horse war from the top of the straight. November Red loomed up on the corner but was under pressure 200m out, whilst Eternal Advice got lost in traffic before the turn and ran on well but was never a winning possibility.

Midnight Touch returns to scale

Race Three: A double came up for Chipman and Wolfe when Watson's Bay won with his head on his chest in good company in 1.10.00. Chipman had Watsons Bay in the box seat and took the lead shortly after heads were turned for home and was eased up to beat Week Bix who battled on well after leading and Carbineer who was a distant third.  Weekly Express ran on fairly after getting back early on.


Race Four: In a race run at a crawl with no one keen to lead, smart mare Movie World won in a punishing finish narrowly over outsider Masters Seal who fought on well and Sprited Rocket who was running on late. Favourite All Class settled at the rear and made a move at the 500m when the race was going to turn into a sprint home but struggled over the last 150m.

                    Movie World (Shaun Meeres) off to the city next start

Race Five: The start of the Peter Hall juggernaut, when the well backed and promising Evil Force scored a solid win over the fast finishing Look Here Trousers and Radio Pleasure. The Tax Man was ridden forward and did not finish that far away in fourth spot.  Just Sue and Punk'd were doing their best work at the finish.


Race Six: The rage was for Briello who was not disgraced in finishing fourth at his second race start, but Chepara was an easy winner and came away to win as she liked after racing on the pace. Jeneviv was a good second after been ridden hard from the 500m when they started to sprint. She gives the impression she is looking for ground. Irish Target first up, made up plenty of ground to finish a good third. Stockmans Dream jumped awkwardly and was a good first up effort, whilst Chaddie did not have a lot of luck in the straight.


Race Seven: Stormyglow looked in trouble just before the corner when well back, but finished powerfully to win by a neck over the fast finishing Kimberlys and Cummings who showed plenty of fight. Deed I Do was not far away after coming along the fence, and Not So Secret made good ground late. Canny Besain was held up shortly after turning for home, and battled on fairly though had his chance the last 150m.

Peter Hall winds out the treble with Stormyglow