Matty Reid from Tasracing joined Brent to talk about what's happening and coming up in Tassie racing
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Matty Reid from Tasracing (01/07/24)
School is back and Exploding Goods has what you need to win your year. We've got everything from cleats to sambas, dunks, and more. Plus the hottest looks from Nike, Jordan, and Adidas. Find your first day fits in-store or online at dicks.com. Racing is a way of life, visit. It's wileerace.com.au. Joining me in the studio now is Maddie Root from Taz Racing. G'day, Snapper. Morning, Perino. Yeah, we got the hawks. I'm expecting you, and we said we weren't going to talk footy, but well done. It is cold outside. Yeah, so I didn't eat that as well. Yeah, we continue to roll the hawks. Geelong this week, down at Geelong. Emotionally, it's the biggest game on the calendar for me, but I hate you along with every bone in my body. So heading down to Cadinean Park with the final spot, still hanging in the balance. It's a big game. I feel like you deserve to be higher than the third ain't at the moment, but we talked about how tight the ladder is off the top of the show. It's extraordinary. There's only six points between third and third ain't. So you're not far off the pace. No, exactly. I mean, you start 0 and 5. You're a long way behind, but particularly that port Adelaide game that we bottled a few weeks ago, come back to Hordness, and we had a chance to beat Collingwood as well. So it's pretty tight. We're essentially two games behind those in front of us with our rubbish percentage. But... Got a little push yesterday. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Alright, to harness racing the countdown to the bow tight, heat it up this weekend with two of the main players scoring impressive wins. So talk to us about that. Yeah, there's a lot of conditions around the bow tight in terms of eligibility, but being Tasmanian Bred is one of them. So Fighter Command is a pacer that's trained outside of the state, but is eligible to win the bow tight, and won very impressively at Melton in Victoria on Thursday night. And closer to home, Niac was dominant winning last night. He went around a really short price for Todd Rattray. We've spoken about him before. So those two are probably the headline acts. The go is also towards the head of the market, but last time we saw him race, he wasn't sort of near his best. So we're wanting to see whether he'll come back and throw his hat into the ring, but it's only a month away now the bow tight. So that's kind of all roads leading there from a harness perspective. And should mention that... I didn't touch her on Friday, but Jacob Duggan. Yeah. Yeah, young 18-year-old, he is. And he's a really good story. He's a hard worker. He's a father. Adrian dabbles across two codes, harness and thoroughbreds. Jacob does as well. He rides track work for CE car. He drives the paces. And now he's got his training license. So he had his first runner in Hobart last night, didn't place and went around at about $14. But it's great to see someone investing so heavily in the industry and looking to forge a career and doing a great job. Do you see many people dabble across both harness and double? Yeah, you do for sure. And even the greyhounds, whether it's just ownership or helping out, if you kind of commit your life into racing, then there is time and opportunities, and especially having the expertise dealing with animals as well. So it does happen quite a bit. Let's talk about Gallup's seven of the eight races in Devonport were won by female jockeys, which is awesome doubles to Chloe Wells and Cody Jordan. The only froggy knew it, landed a blow for the males in Devonport yesterday. It was a bit of an indifferent day in terms of results. It wasn't too much to speak about and far as the training premiership goes. Johnny Blacker had one winner. But yeah, Chloe Wells, she's had a tough season, but a race to race double for her yesterday. She got some good opportunities that were in the market. And Cody Jordan, she's probably too far back to closing on Anthony Darmanum for the jockeys premiership. But she had a double as well at really big prices. I think the first winner was 20 to one, and the last one about 30 to one. So, good luck if you got the double. And tonight, greyhounds in Lonnie, heats of the Tazzy Oaks coming up. Well, I can't tip a winner, Brenna. So I always put the feelers out to my man, Brenna, and ask if he's got a tip. But yeah, two heats of the Tazzy Oaks tonight. Derby will be a straight final next week. He's given me race two Raiders Guide, who of course won on Thursday night. He'll be short, race five, phrase your price, and race six, wind burn, blondie. - Okay, we'll write those down in our little black book. Thanks for coming in today. Over 110,000 people attend Tazmanian race meetings every year, racing is a way of life. Visit it's while we race.com.au. You win some, you lose more. For free and confidential support, visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. You've just offered yourself up as a guest co-host if Tim's away. I don't mind that, chef. You perform well. - Yeah, I think my little segment here. - Yeah, I can do my best, Brenna. Probably not up to the standard of you and Paney, but I could be molded. - Absolutely. - So you can work on that. - You know, you're footy, you're like, you're crooked, obviously, and racing and basketball, you're across it all. So I don't mind the shout. We'll run it up the ladder, hammer, and see what they think on the main layer. But thanks coming in this morning, good to see you, mate. We'll see you Friday. Mattie Reed from Tazracing, joining us here off to a break. Coming back to check, catch up with Trent Ballner, coach of Kingbra, and the Tasmanian Rep side. That's next here on S.E.N. Tazzy Breakfast. (upbeat music)