The withdrawal of the two Keayangs has seen a reshuffle in this week’s rankings for the Renwick Farms Dominion trot, to be held at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 11.
The firm favourite in the TAB market Keayang Zahara was withdrawn from the race by her Victorian trainers Margaret and Paddy Lee last week, as was stablemate Keayang Chucky.
That has seen their stablemate Jilliby Ballerini go from seventh to sixth, the Greg and Ben Hope-trained Mr Love move up two places to seventh after his third in Monday’s Tactical Landing Ashburton Trotters Sprint and stablemate Midnight Dash improve two places to eighth.
Making an even bigger jump up the rankings is Maui. Trained by David McCormick and driven by son Lawrence, the Peak seven-year-old is now 13th, up from 18th last week, following his fifth behind Muscle Mountain and co at Ashburton on Monday.
After winning at Albion Park in Brisbane on Saturday Gus has also jumped up three places to ninth.
Third in the Ashburton Flying Stakes, won so impressively by Republican Party on Monday, Akuta has improved two spots in the rankings for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup.
Pinseeker finished just behind Akuta and that has seen him now at 12th, up six places.
The Team Dunn (Diamond Racing) pair of Dalton Shard and Who’s Delight have both been withdrawn. With Dalton Shard previously ranked at 14 that pushes Vessem into the cut-off for the field at 15th.
The final rankings for both the Dominion and the Cup will be done following next Monday’s Kaikoura Cup meeting.
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