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Talented New South Wales-bred mare The Amber Hare will be set for the $30,000 Golden Girls Mile at Pinjarra on Monday of next week and the $75,000 Empress Stakes at Gloucester Park on March 31.
Gifted trainer-driver Jocelyn Young announced these plans after The Amber Hare ended a losing run of seven and bounced back to her best form when she started favourite at $2.60 and set the pace on her way to defeating Misstiano ($21) and Nevermindthechaos ($2.70) in the 2536m Group 3 Lombardo Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night..
The Amber Hare started from the No. 3 barrier and she dashed to the front after 60m, with Three Rumours ($26) in the breeze, Misstiano trailing the pacemaker and Nevermindthechaos racing in sixth position, one-out and two-back.
“She started to hit the wheels and got a bit keen coming in for the bell, and that wasn’t ideal in that company,” said Young. “But she was good enough to keep going.”
After a third quarter of the final mile in a brisk 27.67sec. The Amber Hare fought on doggedly over the final 400m in 29.1sec. to keep her rivals at bay.
Nevermidthechasos maintained her splendid form in finishing strongly, out wide, to snatch third place by a head from $61 outsider Simply Shaz, who ran home strongly along the inside and was badly hampered for room in the closing stages.
The Amber Hare, a winner at one of her five starts in New South Wales, has had 22 starts for Young in WA for ten wins and six placings.