Coolhand Easton leads all the way for Sheffield Cup win

24 May 2022 | Duncan Dornauf for Tasracing
Logo

Washington Vc gelding Coolhand Easton continued his rise through the national rating system when recording his 14th career win in the Ladbrokes Sheffield Cup, which was held in Launceston on a cold Sunday night.

Stepping cleanly from the tapes in the 2698m trip, Coolhand Easton was able to jump straight to the lead, and driver Nathan Ford was confident of the pacers prospects during the early stages.

“Once I found the front and got a bit of a cheap quarter, which I didn’t think I would get in the race, I thought I would be hard to beat,” said Ford.

And hard to beat he was, with the gelding scoring by 4.5m over Kuzma and Kuyomi, who recorded yet another country cup placing.

Coolhand Easton started his career in New Zealand before a stint in the Riverina district of New South Wales, eventually ending up in the care of Brighton trainer Bianca Heenan.

“Jack Painting has been a good friend of mine for many years, and he thought Tasmania would suit this horse because of his good standing start manners, and it is certainly working that way.

“He is a pretty good all-around horse, he has been good at the mile and I think he can take the next step,” explained Ford.

Ford was in the sulky on the Robert Walters trained My Lady Sarah who scored in the D.H.R.C Devonport Belmont.

The daughter of Huntsville showed good speed to lead before running away from her rivals in a 27.5s final quarter to score by 14.7m.

“She ran out of the gate good and she was very good to drive for a two-year-old,” said Ford.

The filly is expected to only be in the state for a few weeks.

Be Major Threat recorded his first win since resuming to the state in the CUB Quality for the open class pacers, recoding a mile rate of 1m 55.1s for the 1680m trip.

The Brent Parish-trained Boston Busker completed a winning hat-trick when taking out the Lucas Hotel Latrobe Cup, while the Rohan Hadley-trained and driven mare Bridwood Bella registered back-to-back wins in the Tasracing Leigh Plunkett.

 

Related News

21 October 2025
Sisterly rivalry ignites as Wight outduels Manning at Terang
Sisterly love was nowhere to be seen in Terang last night as Michelle Wight and Kerryn Manning battled out the second event. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT THETROTS.COM.AU
21 October 2025
GOODFORM – Ryan's tips and quaddie for Shepparton harness
R1 – 6:17pm – Thank You Hygain SHRC Valued Sponsor Pace - 1690m 3 – Metro Memory 7 – Reason To Party 1 – Luverboy 11 – Byrneside Boom Strategy: Siargao Island faces a more suitable level after contesting much stronger races, including his third placing behind a quality...
21 October 2025
The Screaming Jets to Headline Carnival of Cups in Newcastle
The secret can finally be revealed! Hometown heroes The Screaming Jets will return to the Steel City to headline the TAB Carnival of Cups trackside entertainment at the Newcastle Harness Racing Club on 5 December. It will mark a return to the Carnival of Cups stage for the Jets, who had racegoers bouncing...
20 October 2025
'Fresh set of eyes' – Racing Queensland executive Goodbody to lead HRA
Queensland administrator Richard Goodbody will leave his role at Racing Queensland after seven years, having been named as the replacement for Andrew Kelly as chief executive of Harness Racing Australia. Administrator Richard Goodbody will bring major sporting event experience as well as in-depth tricode...
Click for more