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Consistent mare Mighthavtime is improving with every start, and she produced the best performance of her career when she charged home from last to record an easy win in the $21,000 Mexican March Coming Soon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Mighthavtime, trained by Greg and Skye Bond, was an $8.20 chance from out wide at barrier eight, and Deni Roberts wisely restrained her at the start while polemarker Rocknroll Sass ($2.90) was setting the pace from the $1.90 favourite Zephyra in the breeze.
Two opening quarters of 29.7sec. were followed by a quick 28.6sec. third section, and Roberts bided her time until she sent Mighthavtime forward from the rear, with a three-wide burst 250m from home. Mighthavtime charged to the front 80m from the post and won by more than two lengths from $13 chance Machs Legacy, who ran home powerfully.
Mighthavtime, who went to the post with the ear plugs still in, rated 1.57.2 over 2130m. A winner at four of her 22 New Zealand starts, she now has raced 15 times in WA for three wins and eight placings.
She is by Betterthancheddar and is the fourth foal out of One Christian (one win from seven starts).
“That was definitely her best run,” said Roberts. “She is so consistent, and her runs have been getting better and better. She is just a speed mare, even though she can also do a bit of work. But now as she is getting up in grade, this is probably the way I would like to drive her. She has a good turn of foot. They ran a good time up front which set it up nicely for her.”