Three winning hopes in Launceston.

Talented gelding may target Devonport Cup.

Hall of Fame jockey Stephen Maskiell rode over 1,700 winners in his career but it’s a family achievement he’ll be chasing in Hobart on Sunday.

The connections of talented sprinter-miler Alpine Wolf are hoping the gelding can sneak into the Newmarket Handicap field after an impressive 800-metre trial win in Devonport on Tuesday left them in no doubt he would be very competitive in the state’s most prestigious sprint.

Prominent Tasmanian racehorse owners Paul and Elizabeth Geard started the new season with a bang by winning four of the eight races in Devonport on Sunday.