Don’t be surprised to see Deb’s Pal snapped up as a $9000 claimer at Alexandra Park on Friday night. Because not many claimers can boast a sub 3:19 win for 2700m mobile at their previous start. The seven-year-old stunned clock watchers when he paced a 1:58.4 mile rate winning at The Park last start, in…

It is not every day a trainer gets four new horses stroll through the gate. It’s even rarer when they are all trotters, especially one a genuine open class force. But that was the bonus Derek Balle has had to start the new season and judging by his first start with one of his newcomers,…