WEASEL

Runs in the 8th race at Redcliffe today...................

Still running at 15 years old

395 starts for 29 -wins
40 -2ndp
42- 3rdp

MAY 2021
WEASEL STANDS TALL TO BREAK REDCLIFFE RECORD
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By Darren Clayton


www.racingqueensland.com.au/news/may-202...eak-redcliffe-record

On April 27, 2011, racing for the 249th and final time at Redcliffe in a career that would show 362 starts overall, Viking Jack was retired.

On May 9, 2021, that record was broken when Weasel stepped out for the 250th time under race conditions at the track known as The Triangle.

Weasel started his career in New Zealand with multiple stints in both New South Wales and Queensland before ultimately finding his way to the Caboolture property of John Kerr.

After going through the stables of seven different trainers, Kerr ended up with the pacer as an eight-year-old.

“John Ford owned the horse and said to me one day that I could have him,” Kerr explains.

“I told him ‘why would I want that horse?’ but he then said I could have him for nothing so I said I will take him and when he wins a race, I will give him $1000.”

After 111 starts already in his career, Kerr was the new owner and trainer of Weasel and set about asking the previous trainer, Richard Hooper, for some thoughts on the gelding.

“I said to Richard tell me about him and he replied ‘there’s not much to tell you other than I’m going to dance a jig because I am so glad, he is gone from my stable’,” he said.

“He also told me it is three-man job to put shoes on him.”

And according to Kerr, that basically sums up Weasel.

“He is an enigma that’s for sure,” Kerr said.

“Look at him over there, he knows I am talking about him and he will be working out a way to get me back for telling stories about him.

“When he was with Jarrod Alchin, they used to call him the trick pony; they reckoned he would stay awake in his box at night trying to think up plans of what he would do to you the next day.”

Races
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Redcliffe | Redcliffe Peninsula Harness Racing & Sporting Club | 7:47 PM

AQWA CONSTRUCTIONS PACE
1
PATCHWORK JET
T: Charlie Chiang
Brendan Barnes
2
AURORA ROSE
T: Peter Greig
Peter Greig
3
WEASEL NZ
T: John Kerr
John Kerr
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Weasel started his career in New Zealand on in May 2011 as a four-year-old with a second placing.

Winning at his second career start at Forbury Park with Dexter Dunn in the bike, the gelding would have one more start in the Shaky Isles before being exported to Australia to the stables of Jarrod Alchin.

His first Australian start was on September 1, 2011, where stepping out at Penrith over the 2125-metre trip he was able to score a first-up victory for his new connections.

With another six starts for Alchin, Weasel was able to win another three races before being sent for his first look at Queensland, joining the stables of Vicki Rasmussen.

It was a successful hit and run mission for Weasel where he was able to claim victory in both the heat and final of the Albion Park Members Cup.

Returning to New South Wales and off to another stable, the five-year-old was now in the car of Peter Russo where he would be for eight starts.

With two wins for Russo, Weasel was again headed to the Sunshine State, this time to the stable of Shane Sanderson.

After four unplaced efforts for Sanderson, it was back down the Pacific Highway to link up with the Wayne Dimech stable.

His 16 starts for Dimech netted one win and again it was off to a new stable, back over the Great Dividing Range to the Bathurst stables of Ashlee Grives.

After 10 winless starts with Grives, Weasel was headed North once again, and this time would join the stable of Richard Hooper.

On March 22, 2013, Weasel would again be successful in Queensland when winning over the mile at Gold Coast.

Quickly going back-to-back for Hooper within a week, Weasel would secure just two more victories between April 2013 and November 2014 for the Hooper stable.

His last appearance for Hooper was on November 5 and on November 20, 2014, Weasel stepped out at Redcliffe for John Kerr for the first time.

Since that first outing for Kerr, Weasel has raced on a further 244 occasions before his milestone on Sunday night.

And just like Richard Hooper told Kerr when he took Weasel, the gelding has been a real handful ever since.

Even now as a 14-year-old that has raced on over 350 occasions, Weasel still likes to let everyone know that he does things on his terms.

“He is just always perpetual motion, he is always wanting to move and keep going, I really think that is why he has that longevity, because he always just needs to be in the flow,” Kerr said.

You would expect a horse of that age would not need much work during the rigours of a weekly racing program, but that could not be further from the case.

Weasel is given the same vigorous track workout as any horse with Kerr, outlining that if he does not keep the work up to the veteran, he gets too hyped up.

Thanks Mike it runs 12.30 and is 50/1
The post is worth a couple of Bob 😉

Dave Scott wrote:

Thanks Mike it runs 12.30 and is 50/1
The post is worth a couple of Bob 😉

The favourite SCHOOBY looks hard to beat. I think WEASEL will be a back end of quartets inclusion.
In the 5th race the favourite TEACHER'S PET looks mighty hard to run down.

15 YEAR old and runs a good 2nd today.