Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Pinjarra trainer-reinsman Mark Lee and his wife Kerry made a wise decision to pay $10,000 for a colt by star pacer My Hard Copy at the 2023 Perth APG yearling sale.
The colt named Last Hard Copy has developed into one of the State’s most promising three-year-olds, and he boosted his earnings to $78,304 after winning the $30,000 Ultimate Sniper Pace for Westsired colts and geldings.
He was a hot $1.20 favourite for Hopeland trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo, and his commanding victory by just over a length from the $6 second fancy Into The Future was his ninth win from 15 starts.
Last Hard Copy was the sole runner off the back line and De Campo sent him forward with a three-wide burst soon after the start to take up the running from Into The Future. He then was untroubled to bowl along in front before revealing a taste of his ability be sprinting over the final 400m in 27.7sec. to win at a 1.58.4 rate over 2130m.
“He recently had ten days off and was a bit underdone,” said De Campo. “He keeps on getting better and better and his strength is his high speed. The plan now is to have him ready for the $100,000 Group 2 Westbred Classic for three-year-old colts and geldings on September 5.
“Mark and Kerry bought him cheaply at the yearling sale and then did a super job in educating him. And then after his first two-year-old preparation they asked me to train him.”
Last Hard Copy is the fourth foal out of Rich And Spoilt mare Call Me Paris, who was retired after racing six times as a two-year-old in 2016 for three placings and $ stakes of $2450.
Call Me Paris is a full-brother to talented pacers New World Order (134 starts for 22 wins, 39 placings and $265,243) and Shipwreck (106 starts for 19 wins, 31 placings and $279,198).
New World Order’s 12 WA wins included the Group 1 Westbred Classic for three-year-old colts and geldings in July 2016. He was sold to America where he won another ten races.
Shipwreck finished second to Seel N Print in the WA Derby in July 2011, and three months later he finished a nose second to Trigmart in the Group 1 State Sires Series final.