Mercedes tops premiership
Mercedes’ star sons, Luxury Liner and Idle Scott, which netted $264,500 in earnings between them during Cup week, have taken the Pukekohe-based Meadow Skipper stallion to the top of the sires’ premiership. Third to Vance Hanover and Smooth Fella on the over-all sires’ list last season, Mercedes Iftis sired the winners of 10 races this term for total earnings of $344,800. The early season sires’ table after racing was completed at the New
Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting on Tuesday, is:
Sire Wins $ 1 Mercedes 10 344,800 2 Vance Hanover 42 292,452 3 Noodlum 27 242,687 4 Lordship 33 234,296 5 Smooth Fella 35 189,456 6 Game Pride 32 181,494 7 Mark Lobell 12 159,085 8 Clever Innocence 18 146,305 9 Gaines Minbar 6 119,145 10 Plat Du Jour 15 115,060
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