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The Star

Troy Baker 

The popular hoop more than doubled his season win tally with a treble on Sunday's card featuring wins aboard Needs Remembering, Jaguar Stone and Sparkling One.

Baker's double for Adam Trinder continued a good association with the stable and one that may well continue given Brendon Mccoull remains injured (although his return isn't far away) and stable apprentice Erica Byrne Burke faces a layoff with her own injury problems.

Baker has four wins from 15 starters this season for Trinder and is one from 25 for all other trainers. Baker's six wins last season for Trinder were more than he had for any other individual trainer.

Jaguar Stone R6 Class 3 (1150m)

This was a very impressive return from the 3YO filly who was taking on the older horses for the first time. She's shown in her short career that she can hit a little flat spot mid-race before picking up the bit in the run to the line and while that was on display again here, what a turn of foot she showed when she let down.

Jaguar Stone's 35.2s last 600m was two lengths quicker than any other horse recorded on the Stridemaster sectional data and her final 400m and 200m sectionals were bettered by only Le Cadeau in the final race.

Colin McNiff outlined that Jaguar Stone's main targets will come late in the Ladbrokes Tasmanian Summer of Racing but it does create more excitement for the return of stablemate Bello Beau given she was no match for him last season.

Five of the first seven meetings for the 22/23 thoroughbred season have been on the synthetic in Devonport but after next Sunday's program racing won't return until 9 December. Below are the top Devonport performers early in the season.

Jockeys

• Siggy Carr – 6 wins from 30 starters. 20% strike rate.
• David Pires – 5 wins from 22 starters. 23% strike rate.
• Troy Baker – 5 wins from 29 starters. 17% strike rate.
• Mehmet Ulucinar – 4 wins from 21 starters. 19% strike rate.
• Taylor Johnstone – 4 wins from 32 starters. 13% strike rate.

Trainers

• John Blacker – 6 wins from 45 starters. 13% strike rate
• .Adam Trinder – 5 wins from 28 starters. 18% strike rate.
• Rowan Hamer – 4 wins from 24 starters. 17% strike rate.
• Team Wells – 4 wins from 39 starters. 10% strike rate.
• Barry Campbell – 3 wins from 19 starters. 16% strike rate.

Get us back on the grass

Conversely, the following jockeys and trainers are likely looking forward to the return of racing in Launceston and Hobart based on their Devonport stats this season.

Jockeys

• Bulent Muhcu – 0 wins from 14 starters.
• Bruno Neto – 1 win from 25 starters.
• Ismail Toker – 1 win from 17 starters.
• Daniel Ganderton – 1 win from 16 starters.
• Codi Jordan – 2 wins from 24 starters.

Trainers

• Siggy Carr – 0 wins from 15 starters.
• Stuart Gandy – 0 wins from 15 starters.
• Leanne Gaffney – 1 win from 17 starters.
• Graeme McCulloch – 1 win from 16 starters.
• Scott Brunton – 2 wins from 30 starters.Market movers

Market movers

Biggest Tasracing Official Price movers

• R9 – Mywordis $4.2 into $2.6. 3rd
• R4 – Right Hook $3.8 into $2.5. 5th
• R9 – Sh'bourne Rebel $3.8 out to $6.5. 4th
• R2 – Piiink Beauty $2.15 out to $2.8. 4th
• R5 – Hero of Romani $4.4 out to $8. 7th
• R1 – Political $3 out to $4.2. 2nd
• R7 – Shaky Your Tooshy $4.6 out to $7.5. 5th
• R2 – Princess Matoaka $6 into $4.2. 2nd
• R7 – Copper Charm $6 out to $10. 2nd
• R4 – Hellfire Eagle $3.3 out to $4.2. 3rd