There weren’t any members of the public allowed access to the track last weekend where we had two brilliant meetings.

The Burnie Harness Racing Club staged their last meeting of the season on Friday night before the action turned to Launceston last Sunday.

This week we race in Hobart on Friday night and Launceston on Sunday night with both meetings to be televised on Sky Racing 1.

The Stars

Rohan Hillier – continued his excellent run of late with a training and driving double in Launceston on Sunday night. His first win of the night was with five-year-old mare Giftofjoy who justified her short quote at her first run back from late September before Prosecution Witness found some of his best form that he produced last season, with a handy win in a rating 56 to 65 rated race.

Resurgent Rebel – continued a strong family tradition when she won the opening race for two-year-old’s when she scored a half-head victory. The Zeke Slater-trained and Troy McDonald driven filly is by Heston Blue Chip and is out of Resurgent Star who has produced Resurgent Spirit (31 wins), Resurgent Dream (10 wins) and Resurgent Storm (10 wins).

Ben Yole – once again had a big weekend, he notched up his 100th Tasmanian win of the season and his 800th career win as a trainer after training five winners in Burnie on Friday night and three in Launceston on Sunday.

Samantha Gangell – registered her first win as a trainer when Navua Pixie scored a runaway win in the Kelly’s Waste Management Sweepstakes in Burnie. Gangell has been a driver for the past four seasons and four months ago she branched out with her partner Troy McDonald to prepare a small team at Brighton.

Kyle Pratten – registered his first driving treble after he had a night out in Burnie, including the N.W.T.L.H.A Mares Incentive with Amazing Daisy. All three of his wins were trained by his employer Ben Yole.