Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Brilliant filly Water Lou extended her winning sequence to five when Shannon Suvaljko drove her to an easy win in the 2130m TABtouch Sky Racing With Race Replays Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
The Mike Reed-trained pacer appears to have a stranglehold on the feature events for three-year-old fillies this year.
On the near horizon for Water Lou is the Group 3 $50,000 Diamond Classic on May 17 on her path to contesting the rich WA Oaks later in the year.
Water Lou was the $1.20 favourite from the outside barrier in the field of eight on Friday night when Suvaljko dashed her to the front after 200m. The lead time was a smart 36.2sec. before Water Lou relaxed and dawdled through the opening 400m sections of the final mile in 32.5sec. and 31.5sec.
The third quarter was run in 29.5sec. before Water Lou sped over the final section in 26.7sec. She rated 1.58.1 as she improved her career record to 18 starts for 14 wins, two seconds and $279,148 in prizemoney.