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Maddison Brown enjoyed a relatively easy assignment when she drove $1.50 favourite Relatively Arma to a comfortable victory in the $21,000 Allwood Stud Westbred Classic Consolation Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“With her, sometimes you don’t know what horse is going to turn up,” said Brown. “But tonight, she felt really strong. Her main attribute is when she leads.”
Relatively, Arma, trained by Brown’s father Colin, began out wide at barrier seven, but she gave her rivals little chance by beginning speedily, dashing straight to the front and then setting the pace after ambling through the lead time of the 2130m event in 38.6sec. and dawdling through the opening quarter of the final mile in a pedestrian 31.4sec.
She was not extended in winning by a length from $34 chance Reelem Inn, who trailed the pacemaker throughout. Bazaar Package ($4.60) raced in the breeze for most of the way and battled on into third place.
Relatively Arma is by Renaissance Man and is out of Bettors Delight mare Arma Fifty Five. She has earned $58,052 from five wins and nine placings from 30 starts and is following in the footsteps of her full-sister Fifty Five Reborn (71 starts for 15 wins, 12 placings and $263,298) and full-brother Arma Einstein (117 starts for 18 wins, 50 placings and $349,110).
Relatively Arma’s win completed a double for Colin and Maddison Brown, who had combined earlier in the night to win with Arma Xfactor in the $27,000 Owner Deb Whithead Pace over 2130m.
Five-year-old Arma Xfactor shared favouritism at $2.20 with The Miki Taker, the only other five-year-old in the race. Barrier two proved to be a decisive factor in favour of Arma Xfactor, who set the pace from Otis ($6) in the breeze and The Miki Taker in the one-out, one-back position.
After a slow lead time of 38.3sec. and comfortable opening quarters of 30.3sec. and 29.2sec. Arma Xfactor dashed over the final 400m sections in 28sec. and 28.2sec. and won by a half-length from The Miki Taker, who finished strongly.
“He got a bit keen on the gate early but then was able to run a soft lead time,” said Maddison Brown. “I knew that The Miki Taker would be coming, so when he pulled out, three wide, I elected to get going.”
Arma Xfactor rated 1.56.3 and took his record to 54 starts for 15 wins, nine placings and $164,695. Arma Xfactor is by American Ideal and is the third foal out of Arma Xpress, who amassed $279,890 from twelve wins and one second placings from 18 starts. Maddison Brown drove Arma Xpress once, at her final start when she finished fifth behind Heez On Fire on October 27, 2014.
Maddison Brown enjoyed a relatively easy assignment when she drove $1.50 favourite Relatively Arma to a comfortable victory in the $21,000 Allwood Stud Westbred Classic Consolation Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“With her, sometimes you don’t know what horse is going to turn up,” said Brown. “But tonight, she felt really strong. Her main attribute is when she leads.”
Relatively, Arma, trained by Brown’s father Colin, began out wide at barrier seven, but she gave her rivals little chance by beginning speedily, dashing straight to the front and then setting the pace after ambling through the lead time of the 2130m event in 38.6sec. and dawdling through the opening quarter of the final mile in a pedestrian 31.4sec.
She was not extended in winning by a length from $34 chance Reelem Inn, who trailed the pacemaker throughout. Bazaar Package ($4.60) raced in the breeze for most of the way and battled on into third place.
Relatively Arma is by Renaissance Man and is out of Bettors Delight mare Arma Fifty Five. She has earned $58,052 from five wins and nine placings from 30 starts and is following in the footsteps of her full-sister Fifty Five Reborn (71 starts for 15 wins, 12 placings and $263,298) and full-brother Arma Einstein (117 starts for 18 wins, 50 placings and $349,110).
Relatively Arma’s win completed a double for Colin and Maddison Brown, who had combined earlier in the night to win with Arma Xfactor in the $27,000 Owner Deb Whithead Pace over 2130m.
Five-year-old Arma Xfactor shared favouritism at $2.20 with The Miki Taker, the only other five-year-old in the race. Barrier two proved to be a decisive factor in favour of Arma Xfactor, who set the pace from Otis ($6) in the breeze and The Miki Taker in the one-out, one-back position.
After a slow lead time of 38.3sec. and comfortable opening quarters of 30.3sec. and 29.2sec. Arma Xfactor dashed over the final 400m sections in 28sec. and 28.2sec. and won by a half-length from The Miki Taker, who finished strongly.
“He got a bit keen on the gate early but then was able to run a soft lead time,” said Maddison Brown. “I knew that The Miki Taker would be coming, so when he pulled out, three wide, I elected to get going.”
Arma Xfactor rated 1.56.3 and took his record to 54 starts for 15 wins, nine placings and $164,695. Arma Xfactor is by American Ideal and is the third foal out of Arma Xpress, who amassed $279,890 from twelve wins and one second placings from 18 starts. Maddison Brown drove Arma Xpress once, at her final start when she finished fifth behind Heez On Fire on October 27, 2014.