A favourable barrier has enabled speedy four-year-old Al Guerrero to bounce back to form after he had failed to flatter and finished at the rear in his first three starts after a spell after starting from wide barriers.
Al Guerrero, trained at Pinjarra by Kyle Anderson, has proved to be virtually unbeatable when he has led in his races, and from the coveted No. 1 barrier in the 2130m Download The TABtouch App Today Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night he gave a typical bold frontrunning display to win by three lengths from $20 chance Allwoods Rocknroll, who trailed him throughout.
This was Al Guerrero’s eleventh victory from 39 starts to boost his earnings to $98,029. All his wins have been when he has set the pace.
Punters rallied to support Al Guerrero, who started a hot $1.10 favourite. He was rated perfectly by Kyle Harper, who was able to give the Alta Christiano stallion a very easy early time with a dawdling lead time of 39.4sec. and opening quarter of 31.4sec.
Al Guerrero had plenty in reserve as he sprinted over the final quarters in 28.5sec. and 28.3sec.
by Ken Casellas