Houston Street wins for trainer/driver Alex Ashwood at Mildura
Trainer/driver Alex Ashwood steers Houston Street to victory at Mildura's City Oval Paceway on Tuesday, November 14.
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00:00 Big odds 4, 23s to 26, 19 out to 31, Norfolk Island number 1, 11 out to 71,
00:08 Myelin of Fire number 4, 15 out to 81, Podium Pants number 3, 230 out to 250,
00:13 Houston Street number 8, the tab fixed odds favourite 9, 50 into 4, the market
00:18 mover is 5, Waipinga Reactor with the fluctuations, arms retract, first leg of
00:22 the quaddie underway, race 5, 10 two-year-old and three-year-old pace is
00:25 over 17, 90 and Waipinga Reactor in the red from 5 got out well, grey hoops on
00:30 the pegs, Norfolk Island in the centre of the waiting and they're flying into the
00:34 first bin, 11.9 lead time, the waiting pulling very hard outside Norfolk Island,
00:39 slotting in 1-1 Waipinga Reactor, Midnight Pirate in the dark blue lead is
00:43 back, 10 away then was Houston Street back in fifth place and then
00:47 about 7 metres to Podium Pants in the purple and green down on the inside and
00:52 then came on the outside to Branson in the red with the black V and armlets
00:55 followed by a good time Jazzy who's one off, 4 metres Myelin of Fire in the
01:00 yellow and black last, Kalani Miki a lap and a half to go, 1,200 to travel, 30.2
01:05 was the first quarter, 11.9 lead time, Norfolk Island a half head, Waipinga
01:10 Reactor is second on the outer now, made a move to get around the waiting who's
01:13 1-1, 4 metres away, Midnight Pirate lead is back, similar margin Podium Pants,
01:18 three back the peg line, Luke Watson prepared Philly on debut by a sports
01:22 rider, a three-year-old, Houston Street three back the outer, Kalani Miki four
01:26 back the pegs on a tight rein, four back the outer is Branson, four metres good
01:30 time Jazzy, five back the running line and a similar margin Myelin of
01:34 Fire, six back the outer, 30 off the front, end of the bell lap, 700 to go,
01:40 31.1 second quarter, Norfolk Island a metre and a half, Waipinga Reactor, three
01:45 metres, Midnight Pirate third in the dark blue and 1-1 the waiting, four metres
01:49 Podium Pants, three back the peg line, Houston Street three back the outer, now
01:53 Peels three deep, five metres then to Branson on the outer of Kalani Miki, four
01:57 metres good time Jazzy, one off the pegs and three metres Myelin of Fire, five
02:01 back the inside, here's Ashford launching Houston Street now at the 400, 29.6
02:06 third quarter, favourite got a nick in front of Norfolk Island, four metres then
02:10 to Midnight Pirate getting into the clear right place right time, gone then
02:13 was Waipinga Reactor, the waiting down the outside, Podium Pants running up
02:17 behind them on the pegs with Kalani Miki, Houston Street urged away a hundred a
02:22 go, leads eight metres, Midnight Pirate followed four metres away by Podium
02:26 Pants and the waiting but Houston Street's all too good and Houston Street
02:29 bolts in, beats Midnight Pirate by eight or nine metres, four metres Podium Pants,
02:34 three metres the waiting just forth, a half head in front of good time Jazzy
02:38 and then came Kalani Miki, Norfolk Island, Myelin of Fire, eight metres then to
02:43 Podium Pants, to Branson and Waipinga Reactor, the Waipinga Reactor and Branson
02:50 to get it in order, 29.8 final quarter, mile rate 159.2. First eight,
02:55 Houston Street, three drives for Alex Ashford, three wins, three runners, three
02:59 winners, first eight, three ten, two dollars on SuperTab, second seven,
03:04 Midnight Pirate, Wayne Hill 140 and the debutant, number three Podium Pants,
03:08 wasn't far away in one trial, Luke Watson, 20-40 a drum, 8.73 and a fourth to
03:16 come, it's 2, 8.73, 2, 8.73, 2. First horse number eight, Houston Street, Bay
03:22 Philly, three years by Art Major out of Soho, Berlin, raced by Campbell Racing
03:26 Group 2, W.L. Coda, H.A. J. Camito, M.C. Campbell, L.A. Mays and J.H. McHugh,
03:33 Alex Ashford, trainer driver, first win in nine months for Houston Street, first
03:36 horse number eight, Bay Philly, three years, second seven, Midnight Pirate, Wayne Hill
03:41 the driver, third three Podium Pants, Luke Watson, trainer driver, fourth to the
03:45 waiting, 8.73, 2, 8.73, 2. Fifth horse number ten.