By Brigette Solomon
Tony Herlihy’s barn will be heavily supported at Cambridge tonight, and stable foreman Tony Cameron thinks they are all each way prospects.
“Of the three in tonight I’m driving The Revenant and Luby Lill, while Monika Ranger drives Regal Girl,” says Cameron.
The Revenant ($5.50FF) starts in Race 2, the North Island Stallion Expo – Karaka July 27 Mobile Pace over 2200 metres.
The Revenant finished second on this track and trip at his last start on July 5 in a race taken out by an impressive winner in Kings Watch. In that race, The Revenant trailed the leading Kings Watch and fought on bravely to hold on for second.
“He’s got a good draw again tonight and was good when second here in behind Kings Watch,” says Cameron, “ff he gets a good run tonight, I think he’s a chance in this race.”
Cameron’s next drive is Luby Lill in Race 4, the Watchu Security Mobile Trot over 2200 metres.
“She’s going well enough but will need a few things to go her way tonight,” says Cameron.
Luby Lill ($3.80FF) starts the race from barrier two tonight and has been racing consistently well without placing in her last two starts, though she had three placings before that.
The Herlihy stable’s final runner for the night is the talented Regal Girl ($4FF) who lines up in Race 8, the Gavelhouse.com Mobile Pace.
“She’s fresh up tonight but has trained well this time in,” says Cameron, “It’s a mobile start tonight with her being one on the second line, and she follows out Jasinova driven by Luk Chin so we will be hoping to get a nice run through.”
Driven tonight by junior driver Monika Ranger, the four-year-old mare by What The Hill resumes from a spell having last raced in December. She has had two preparatory workouts for a win and a third in the lead up to tonight’s assignment.
“She’s a nice mare and should be thereabouts tonight and benefit from the run.”
Alongside her drive on Regal Girl, Ranger also has three other drives including two trained by Cambridge based David Butcher who she is confident will give strong performances tonight. Those horses are Brookside Girl in Race three, the IRT Your Horse. Our Passion. Mobile Pace, and Hooray Henry in Race seven, the Dunstan Horsefeeds Mobile Pace.
“Brookside Girl has dropped back in the ratings a bit and meets a slightly weaker field tonight,” says Ranger, “and Hooray Henry was good first up and with the couple of scratchings in his race I think he should be good enough in that field.”
Tonight’s racing action gets underway at 5:26pm.