Matty Reid from Tasracing joined Brent and Painey to talk about what's happening and coming up in Tassie racing.
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Matty Reid from Tasracing (12/07/24)
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The doctors don't generally go down that well down here, but have had our number in recent seasons. So, yeah, look at the bounce back after laying your knee, get Jilong last week. Yes, that wasn't... Oh, do you? Was it? No. You can't take your head set up and listen to Brenna on SCN Stadium. Yes, you can. I can't hear, Paney. You can't hear, Paney, or anything. Gee. Oh. Walking on here, Paney. He said, "You're going to take your headphones up." You can hear it. There we go. Can you ask him again, Tim? Yes, mate. Are you going to take your head set up and tune in to Brenna on the boys on the SCN stadium, Matt? I've heard all about that technology, I really like it, actually. Normally, I've got the child in hand that distracts me from what's happening as far as commentary goes, but it'd be nice to listen to Brenna, who's on with you tomorrow. No, the Flashman and Boji Gopin, the A-Team. Can you just maybe put one e-pot in while you're up there and look up? Yeah, that's not a bad way to play. Just give us a little report card on Brenna on Monday morning. Oh, Will. Yep. All right, the inevitable goes around on Sunday, which is tremendously exciting. The back half of the meeting, of course, abandoned last weekend, so how is it going to go? Well, he's drawn a lot differently the inevitable. We drew three last Saturdays, drawn 12 for the race on Sunday. It's a pretty similar field, but yeah, the way that that'll play out is different. Wide gates probably no huge negative for him in the way he likes to race. He'll go back from there from Barry III, probably had the option to settle a little bit closer like he did in the Stradbroke, but looks same field. Probably the prospect of a slightly better track is good for him, Brenna. I think he's got a big weight there, 60 and a half kilo, so having to carry that on a bottomless track is a big task, so if you can, maybe if the track gets into an eight, nine, seven type range, it can only soon him, but it's a tight betting market. I think there's a four or five horses at about the five dollar market, but a lot of the owners I spoke to last week were pretty confident of a forward showing, so we'll have something each way. Very good. Do you think with the inevitable training program when he's going to carry a bit more weight, do they get the bear out there and do a few laps with you? Well, I don't know if you've seen some of the track work riders that he has down there, painting out in tip top shape as far as froggy knew it goes riding on race day, so yeah, we'll just steer past that one for the bear. Beautiful. Mate, what about the Gallup section in Devonport on Sunday? We've got the soft launch of the new building, which has been a project that's been 12 months in the making. It's pretty massive achievement by everyone responsible for putting that on, particularly Pete McFarlane coordinating that from a TAS racing perspective. So yeah, the new building in Devonport, it's going to house the jockeys. It houses the club. It houses the media. It's a massive, massive building there and a lot's gone into spriting to get that done. So we get to use that in anger on Sunday. It's not the official launch. I think that's in a couple of months time, but a bit of a trial run on Sunday to see how everything goes there. So looking forward to getting inside that and seeing what it looks like. On the track, three meetings to go in the season, Johnny Black is four clear of Glenn Stevenson and probably what is down to a two horse race for the trainers' premiership. So looking forward to getting out there and trying to find a winner. I think I'm going to tip you on Lad's race four, number five, Pashione, to horse that's made its way down. He was trained by Kieran Mart, it's now with Adam Trinder, it's trialled up like it will be winning. And I'll give you one out wide. Rock Hampton tomorrow, there's a horse called Hype that ran second in the Demport Cup this year. I think it won the Sheffield Cup or the Golden Mile, one of the lead-ups to the Demport Cup. He's going around at Rock Hampton tomorrow and I think it could stack up to that race. It's about $15, so worth something to try. Oh, juicy. Okay. And something else you wanted to talk about this morning was the Greyhound adoption program. Some good dogs still looking for a home-brent, not one of them I don't think even picked up on it. Well, I think he's just used for public events, media, things like that, is your namesake Brenner. Yeah, he was in there again yesterday, Brenner. Yeah, he was there, he was still looking for a home, so if anyone's listening, looking for a Greyhound to adopt Brent, the Greyhound named after the Great Brent Costello wants to give up his life as a media dog to just settle down and just be looked after. So they were in there yesterday, they were great, one of the Greyhound adoption team staff members was in for a little presentation, but they're just great to have around the office. They chilled out, they're crazy. You've seen from when they've come in here to the studio, so gaptaz.com that I use the place to go to if you're interested in adopting one of the Greyhounds. Brenner, I reckon you should get on Gap and Take Brent. He's had a hell of a life. He's been a star on the track and now he's the face of the Ambassador for the Gap program. It's time he has a rest and I think he'd snuggle up nicely next to you. My house is not big enough for two Brents, Tim, it's just not. But he deserves to go to a nice home and we'll find him one because he's a star. As a U, Matthew, read over 110,000 people attend Tasmanian race meetings every year, racing is a way of life is at it's while we race.com.au, you win some, you'll lose more for free and confidential support, visit gamblinghelponline.org.au, a text in here from Bear Robinson who's obviously listening on the Hogwarts Open Line. "I haven't been 60.5 kegs since grade eight, however, I'm more than comfortable. I have Tim Payne covered in a cardio session at Joey Edwards Gym, which is called unwrapped." Oh, he's got a plug in there as well. Job hurts. Anytime, anywhere, Bear, I didn't think Bear would be weighing in at 60 kilos. But there is an old saying, Brenner in sport, is train hard, play easy and maybe with the Bear on the back of the inevitably, it's training hard to play easy every weekend. Hey, snap, nice to see you, good luck with your Hawks tomorrow up in one session, we'll see you Monday. Off to a break here on SCN Tassie Breakfast, right after this, questions without notice here on SCN Tassie Breakfast for a Friday.