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Star mare Nevermindthechaos maintained her brilliant form to snatch victory in the 2130m Maureen Clement Memorial Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night despite giving champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr a few headaches.
“She didn’t feel as smooth as she normally does and she did a good job to get up and win,” said Hall. “She didn’t feel like she was quite comfortable in her gear. I tightened the lugging pole (nearside) because it was too loose, and then I couldn’t find the happy medium. She is a bit temperamental, and the pole rubbed her, making her to run up the track.”
Nevermindthechaos was the $2.20 favourite from the outside of the back line, and Hall quickly had her enjoying the perfect trail in the one-out, one-back position, trailing the breeze horse and $4.80 chance The Amber Hare, who was racing on the outside of the pacemaker Bettor Get It On ($3.80).
Bettor Get It On had worked hard to get to the front after 550m after Vivere Damore had set the early pace. Bettor Get It On held a comfortable lead on the home turn, but she was unable to hold out the fast-finishing Nevermindthechaos, who got up in the final stride to score by a head at a 1.54.2 rate.
“Gary wasn’t happy with her tonight,” said trainer Michael Young. “He said that she was uncomfortable all the way and that’s why he waited so long to pull her out (200m from home) because she was running up pretty badly. We’ll sort that problem out in the next couple of weeks.”
Young said that Nevermindthechaos would have her next run in the $50,000 Lombardo Pace next Friday week before contesting the $75,000 Empress Stakes a fortnight later. Nevermindthechaos now has earned $146,722 from 12 wins and seven placings from 28 starts.