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Banca Mo A Weight Special

Banca Mo can build on an eye catching first up run in Wednesday evening’s Launceston Mitsubishi WFA.

Banca Mo
Banca Mo Picture: Racing and Sports

The Scott Brunton-trained gelding was very good on resuming with a fast closing fourth at this course in the Newmarket Handicap (1200m).

He produced the run over an unsuitable trip, with a big weight and off a generous spell.

The seven-year-old finished fourth behind a stable quinella of Hellova Street and Royal Rapture.

On Wednesday evening, Banca Mo seemingly gets his chance to chalk up another win for the Scott Brunton stable in the Launceston Mitsubishi WFA (1400m).

The Tough Speed gelding rises in distance on his first up run which should suit and David Pires jumping aboard is also a positive.

From barrier 1, Pires has options aboard the gelding who has shown in the past his tractability.

Banca Mo is capable of settling on the speed while his first up run highlighted the seven-year-old's ability to work home from off the pace.

A small field of eight will work to his favour and won’t have to come from too far back if Pires elects to settle the gelding worse than midfield.

Of Banca Mo’s seven rivals, he faced five of them on resuming in the Newmarket Handicap.

Royal Rapture and Isibaeva each got the better of him on that occasion under handicap conditions.

At weight-for-age, Banca Mo gets a substantial weight swing on this pair and the three other rivals he beat last start.

The gelding meets Royal Rapture 6kg better at the weights for a half length defeat and Isibaeva 4.5kg better at the weights for a neck defeat.

Banca Mo is one of two class horses in the event with the other Geegees Blackflash.

Geegees Blackflash was given a let up after a midfield fifth in the Goodwood Handicap.

The eight-year-old has since been kept ticking over with a barrier trial.

Geegees Blackflash is another who will relish the weight-for-age conditions of Wednesday evening’s feature and the rise to seven furlongs.

The John Luttrell-trained gelding has won this event twice in the past and always warrants respect.

It could be easily argued the Launceston weight-for-age is a race in two between Banca Mo and Geegees Blackflash.

Pitt Street, Royal Rapture, Streetwise Savoire and Iggimacool can fight it out for the minor placings.

It is Banca Mo however who looks the pick of the bunch in Wednesday’s Launceston WFA (1400m).


Racing and Sports

Launceston Wednesday, 17th December 2014

6f211y TURF GOOD
AUD $30,000

Launceston Mitsubishi Wfa

AUD $30,000
Type: OPEN
6f211y TURF GOOD
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. GEEGEES BLACKFLASH (AUS) 8yo G
CLANGALANG (AUS) - LA QUITA (AUS)
SIGRID M CARR
JOHN LUTTRELL
$6
59kg
P & Mrs E Geard
2nd 3. PITT STREET (AUS) 7yo G
STREET CRY (IRE) - PRINCESS DELIGHT (AUS)
BULENT MUHCU
CHARLIE GOGGIN & LUELLA MEABURN
$13
59kg
Prime Thoroughbreds Pitt Street Synd (Mgr: J O'Neill), S Rattle, K Klunder, Ms R Mier, A Schafferius, N Laurie, L Allan, P Ross, J Bagnoux & I Cameron
3rd 2. BANCA MO (AUS) 7yo G
TOUGH SPEED (USA) - I GOTCHA BABE (AUS)
DAVID PIRES
SCOTT BRUNTON
$2.75
59kg
Mrs M L Gunn
4th 8. IGGIMACOOL (AUS) 4yo M
SAVOIRE VIVRE (GB) - HIDDEN MOMENT (AUS)
BRENDON MCCOULL
BILL RYAN
$4.25
57kg

Sales Information

5th 5. JAKCORIJIM (AUS) 8yo G
KENDEL STAR (AUS) - TAYASU SUNDAY (AUS)
CORY PARISH
GLENN STEVENSON
$31
59kg
6th 6. ROYAL RAPTURE (AUS) 5yo G
CLANGALANG (AUS) - FLORIAN (AUS)
ANTHONY DARMANIN
SCOTT BRUNTON
$4.25
59kg

Sales Information

7th 7. STREETWISE SAVOIRE (AUS) 5yo G
SAVOIRE VIVRE (GB) - BUTTER STREET (AUS)
NATHAN ROSE
SCOTT BRUNTON
$21
59kg
8th 4. PAYTEEVEE (AUS) 5yo G
DOMESDAY (AUS) - SEE TEEVEE (AUS)
LINCOLN COFFEY
SCOTT BRUNTON
$31
59kg

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