Craven to ride a wave of trotting success

07 December 2021 | HRNSW MEDIA | AMANDA RANDO
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Lotamuscle won a heat of the Inter Dominion at Bathurst last week.

Lotamuscle won a heat of the Inter Dominion at Bathurst last week.

Victorian horseman Matthew Craven will produce debutant winner Isitmeandyou at Menangle today. 

The trotter won first up at Menangle on November 30 in a rate of one minute and 58.2 seconds. 

Craven has a big week ahead in Sydney, preparing two horses for the Group 1 Inter Dominion Trotting Championship at Menangle on Saturday night. 

Craven qualified both Pink Galahs and Lotamuscle for the Grand Circuit event. 

Pink Galahs is yet to win in the series of heats, however, her consistent placings has seen her as one of the main fancies for the $150,000 final. 

Her stablemate Lotamuscle earned valuable points for the final when winning his heat at Bathurst last Wednesday. 

Lotamuscle finished fifth to The Penny Drops in the last heat at Newcastle on Sunday night while Pink Galahs finished second to Maori Law. 

Craven will stick with driving Pink Galahs for the Final while his partner Sofia Arvidsson will drive Lotamuscle.

The iForm best bets for today:

Menangle best bet 

Race 7: Double Act (3)

Impressive first up victor that will prove hard to stop again.

Menangle next best 

Race 6: War Club (3)

Terrible numerical form last campaign but can be prominent finding this easier.

Around the tracks

Young best bet

Race 2: Hez All Ticker (2)

Looks ideally drawn and should make it back to back wins.

Play the exotics

The Menangle quaddie

Race 4: 4-5

Race 5: 8-7-9

Race 6: 6-3-5-2-4

Race 7: 3-7-9-5

$120 for 100%

 

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