Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
New Zealand-bred four-year-old Frisky Styx maintained his steady improvement when he was not extended in winning the 2536m Barbagallo Volvo Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
He was the $1.75 favourite from barrier two and gave Capel trainer Aiden De Campo a comfortable drive when he set the pace and sprinted over the final 800m in 55.6sec. to beat $26 chance Name In Lights by almost two lengths.
After easy wins at his only two appearances in New Zealand, as a three-year-old, he has now won at six of his 18 starts in Western Australia.
He is by American sire Hes Watching and is the ninth foal out of In The Pocket mare Free As A Bird, who raced 35 times for two wins, six placings and $19,783.
“He has a lot of high speed and is a quality animal,” said De Campo.
Free As A Bird’s main claim to fame is that her younger half-brother Jonny B Good earned $363,789 from 28 wins and 38 placings. He won once in New Zealand and 12 times in New South Wales in 2015 and 2016 before winning another 15 races in America.