Interrorgator "chance" in today's Canterbury Plains Challenge Heat

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk

Trainer Mitchell Robertson is eyeing up the lucky last as his best chance of success at Addington today.

Robertson, who trains in partnership with his father Peter, will line up four runners in the seven-race midweek programme.

"Interrorgator is our best chance, he drops back in grade after his last start in the Reward Series and they ran pretty good time there too," says Robertson.

That was Easter Saturday when the son of Terror To Love finished 10th in the Racing Rewards at Addington won by Playing With Stars in a 1:58.3 mile rate.

Before that he'd finished third at Ashburton behind Jack's Eyre and Monkee Major.

He'll be one of two Robertson-trained stablemates in the Canterbury Plains Challenge Series Heat 3 (7.43pm), along with Fear Gogh.

The series consists of 10 heats, with the two previous heat winners being Heaven Forbid at Addington last Wednesday and Jukebox Gypsy at Methven on Sunday.

The series will culminate in a $40,000 Final at Addington on May 15.

"It's good money for this calibre of race," says Robertson.  

While Interrogator has only won one from 35 starts Robertson rates him a "pretty good each way chance" for the country's top driver Blair Orange.

He opened at $7 with the TAB with the favourite being the Brad Williamson trained and driven Bautista ($3.20).

Robertson's other runners on the day, including Fear Gogh, will be driven by the in-form Tim Williams, with Dream Boyz in Race 3 and Steelintheheel in Race 4. Both are at $16.

They only got Steelintheheel recently.

"The owner picked him up off gavelhouse."

She's since had four runs for the stable including a fifth and a sixth.

"She's been a bit patchy since we got her," says Robertson, "but she has a good barrier draw of one so if she can be lead, trail or even be three back the fence she's a place chance."

Dream Boyz meanwhile has been going "pretty mediocre".

"He's actually our galloping pacemaker now and enjoying his work and we had some space on the float and we will see how he goes. Hopefully the galloping pacemaking has sharpened him up a bit."

Race 1 gets underway at 4.28pm.