Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
A flying start from the No. 6 barrier by Bramante Steps, and the ability of talented reinsman Kyle Harper to get the five-year-old mare to relax immediately and amble through the lead time in 38.9sec. and the opening quarters in 32.3sec. and 30.5sec. paved the way for her win at $21.80 in the 2130m Catalano Truck And Equipment Sales Ugga Dugga Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Sound Wave was the hot $1.26 favourite from the prized No. 1 barrier, but the six-year-old was unable to muster sufficient early speed to hold out Bramante Steps, who burst to the front after 80m.
Then with the $6 second favourite Rockaball in the breeze, Sound Wave was hopelessly hemmed in throughout the event before finishing third, with ever seeing daylight. The final 400m sections were covered in 28.7sec. and 28.4sec. and Bramante Steps rated a most leisurely 2min. over the 2130m trip.
Bramante Steps was purchased for $25,000 at the 2020 Perth APG yearling sale by Claire McNaughton, who races the mare with her partner, Banjup trainer Murray Lindau. Bramante Steps has now earned $61,274 from eight wins and ten placings from 42 starts.
She is by brilliant pacer Alta Christiano and is the ninth and last foal out of the unraced mare Twisted Art, whose fourth foal is Centrefold Angel, a brilliant mare who retired with earnings of $237,348 from her 14 wins and 15 placings from 47 starts.