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Glenledi Chief maintained his standing as one of the State’s most consistent pacers when he finished full of running to win the $23,750 APG Perth Yearling Sale Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
After winning at three of his 22 New Zealand starts, the six-year-old Glenledi Chief has excelled under the care of champion WA trainers Greg and Skye Bond, with his 30 starts in the State producing 13 wins and nine placings to boost his career earnings to $192,269.
“He is very consistent, but he does have a bit of trouble putting his nose in front sometimes,” said his reinsman Ryan Warwick. “He seems to go better in a better grade which is encouraging.”
Glenledi Chief, a $7.20 chance from barrier two on the back line, began fast and Warwick quickly had him in a commanding position, one-out and one-back, while $6 chance Typhoon Banner was setting the pace after charging straight to the front from barrier three on the front line.
Typhoon Banner survived an early challenge for the lead from $17 chance Handsandwheels, and then kept Sugar Street ($7) at bay after that pacer had raced four wide early before moving to the breeze.
Glenledi Chief started a three-wide move approaching the bell, and he sustained that effort to take the lead 110m from the post and win by a half-length from $6.50 chance Beat City, who raced wide early and then dropped back to tenth before finishing fast, out five wide. Typhoon Banner held on to finish a close third, with Beat City’s stablemate Moonlite Drive ($7) running home strongly to finish fourth after trailing the pacemaker.
Glenledi Chief is by American sire Well Said and is out of New Zealand-bred mare Its Forever Now, who won the $95,000 Bathurst Gold Tiara final in April 2004 before retiring with earnings of $106,288 from seven wins and 18 placings from 41 starts.