Nichols Family To Celebrate A Treble Of Devonport Wins

Broadmarsh husband and wife team Keith and Joan Nichols will up this week on the proceeds of a winning treble at Tuesday’s NWGRC meeting conducted at the Raceway. The pair combined to win with debut running litter mates Silver Pierre and Smichols and then completed a highly successful day with the very smart former interstate bitch Molly Monroe, who has now won four races in succession and eight of 20 lifetime outings.

Keith bred the first litter of pups in Tasmania by former Australian and winner St. Pierre and right from the outset they displayed plenty of potential.

“They showed plenty of speed from the start and were very sensible. I liked them a lot and when I trialled several of them for the first time a fellow trainer said he would like to take all of them home with him,” he explained.

As soon as the litter of eight was whelped, Joan Nichols fell in love with the fawn pup and immediately claimed him as her own. Racing as Silver Pierre and taking full advantage from the red box, he recorded a time of 25.72 in winning Tuesday’s NWGRC Juvenile (452 metres) while paying a win dividend of $4.30.

A race later, Smichols surprised somewhat by taking out the The Advocate Juvenile (452 metres) in the time of 26.22, the track having deteriorated due to the rain, while paying a lucrative $23.80.

The highly promising Molly Monroe, the winner of four of six since entering the Nichols kennel, then railed through in the concluding stages to take out the Grade 4 (452 metres), paying $2.60 for the win and recording a time of 25.73.

Raced by Victorian owner , the Bartrim Bale bitch is obviously relishing her change of environment and will continue to win while in her present form.

“Paul raced Her Highness with success from my kennel and when he decided to take her back to Victoria he said he would send me a replacement and I am so glad he did,” Keith Nichols explained.

Meanwhile another Southern trainer to excel at Tuesday’s meeting was Brighton based Rod Ransley, who took out a double with the smart chasers Good Question and Tay’s Intention. The former took out the Hankook Tyres Grade 4 (452 metres) in the time of 26.11 while paying a win dividend of $4.10 and the latter was successful in the Greg Mansfield Grade 5 (452 metres), paying $4.00 for the win and recording a time of 25.82.

Flowery Gully mentor Michael Louth was also seen in the winners circle on two occasions, firstly with Iditarod, which was successful in the Dowling and McCarthy Tyres Maiden (452 metres) and then Canuck, which took out the Synectic Devonport Grade 5 (452 metres).

On Monday night at the Tote Racing Centre, Moorleah trainer Russell Watts took out the evening’s feature, the Steve King Final (515 metres), with the very smart bitch ‘s Force, raced by the interstate based Fast Track Racing Syndicate. The bitch railed through in the concluding stages to score an outstanding victory, her third in succession and tenth in a career spanning 27 outings.

“From memory I have never won the Ladies Bracelet before, so her win provided me with a great thrill,” Watt’s revealed.

The next day at Devonport the kennel landed a good old fashioned betting tilt when the aptly named debut runner Tax Toy took out the Sing The Song Juvenile (452 metres), after firming from an opening fixed odds quote of $6.00 into $3.00 when the field was despatched.

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