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Veteran pacer Cordero was battling to keep up when the $1.80 favourite Classic Choice was bowling along in front in the first lap of the Call DTS Now Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Cordero, a $4.90 chance from the prized No. 1 barrier, was left a good four lengths behind the overracing Classic Choice in the first lap before he finally got serious in the final circuit when he produced a smart sprint to overhaul Classic Choice 70m from the post and win by a length and a half after a final 800m of 56.4sec.
“Cordero doesn’t look like he’s travelling or is interested when there is nothing outside of him,” explained driver Deni Roberts. “When he gets a runner on his outside, he picks up the bit, and when you angle him out he can let down with a good little sprint.”
It was when Ima Fivestar General was eased from his position three back on the pegs in third place 900m from home and moved alongside Cordero that Cordero became interested and he knuckled down to the task in hand.
Cordero, who is owned and trained by Trevor Wright, was been a good moneyspinner, with his 101 starts producing 12 wins and 24 placings for stakes of $150,456.