Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators
Champion mare Wonderful To Fly enjoyed an easy stroll in front before sprinting over the final 400m in 26.5sec. on her way to winning the $50,000 APG WA final for four-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
The $1.30 favourite from barrier one gave trainer-reinsman Shane Young a comfortable time as she coasted through the first three quarters of the final mile in 31sec., 30.9sec. and 30.2sec. and went on to win by two and a half lengths from $4.80 chance Goodfellaz, who trailed the leader throughout.
Wonderful To Fly has amassed $482,755 from 24 wins and nine placings from 40 starts, and she looks certain to increase her earnings on her proposed Eastern States campaign in Queensland and New South Wales in the coming months, leading into the $1.2 million Eureka at Menangle on September 2.