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Inexperienced New Zealand-bred Tenzing Bromac is carrying all before him, and he improved his record in Western Australia to eight starts for eight wins when he cruised to victory in the 1730m Bill And Norma Horn Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Star reinsman Ryan Warwick is impressed with tensing Bromac’s undoubted potential and said that the Bettors Delight gelding had the potential to develop into a contender for the rich feature events for four-year-olds in November and December.
“He has done nothing wrong yet, but because of the way he races it is hard to tell where his bottom is,” he said. “He is nice to drive but is off the bit, is lazy and never wins by a big margin. So, all that makes it hard to gauge his real ability.
“But when you look at the clock, clocks don’t lie. He has the raw ability.”
Tenzing Bromac, prepared by champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, won once from two starts in New Zealand before being sold to Team Bond.
On Friday night Tenzing Bromac was the $1.50 favourite and Warwick urged him forward, out wide, from barrier five to quickly dash into the breeze outside the $2.60 second fancy Our Shelley Beach, who dashed over the opening 400m sections in 28.2sec. and 29.1sec. before he stopped badly approaching the turn into the back straight in the final lap.
Warwick then dashed Tenzing Bromac to the front 600m from home and the gelding covered the final 400min 28.2sec. and won by just over a half-length from the fast-finishing Rascal, who hampered his prospects by hanging in approaching the home turn.
Our Shelley Beach dropped back to finish a distant last. It was then discovered that he had suffered from an atrial fibrillation.
Tenzing Bromac is the fifth foal out of Tallulah Bromac, an Artsplace mare who raced twice for unplaced efforts as a four-year-old at Manawatu in October 2010. Tenzing Bromac’s older full-brother Tennyson Bromac has raced 63 times for 18 wins, 19 placings and $156,196.