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Burly pacer Dont Bother Me None lost his way last year and he had a losing sequence of 15 four weeks ago when he broke through for an overdue win.
The New Zealand-bred five-year-old has followed that with two more wins and an unlucky second, with his most recent success coming at Gloucester Park on Friday night when Deni Roberts guided him to a convincing victory in the 2130m $23,750 www.summitbloodstock.com.au Pace.
Dont Bother Me None, prepared by champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, was the $1.40 favourite from the No. 1 barrier. However, he was beaten for early speed by $8.50 chance Will I Rocknroll, who started from the No. 4 barrier, dashed to the front and led for the first 300m before Roberts sent Dont Bother Me None into the lead.
Dont Bother Me None sprinted over the final quarters in 28.6sec. and 28.1sec. and won by 5m from Will I Rocknroll, rating 1.56.8. Dont Bother Me None has raced exclusively in Western Australia and now has earned $150,865 from 16 wins and 11 placings from 42 starts.
“He has really turned the corner,” said Greg Bond. “We had a few little issues with him; nothing major, and we were probably looking after him a bit too much. So, we decided to treat him like a normal horse and stepped up his workload right up, and since that he hasn’t looked back.
“He is now doing what we thought he would’ve done 12 months ago when we thought he was a Nugget horse. But he just didn’t come up. So, about two months ago we changed tack with him and he has shown us exactly what he can do.
Dont Bother Me None is a bit of a gross horse, and with his increased workload he has changed his attitude, and maybe his fitness level is now where it needs to be. He’s jumping out of his skin at home and we will press on with him and see where he gets to.”