Jemma Hayman made a wise decision when she outlaid $30,000 to purchase Follow The Music at the 2019 APG Perth yearling sale.
The Follow The Stars colt notched his third win from ten starts and took his earnings to $33,817 when he started favourite at $1.80 from the prized No. 1 barrier and was untroubled to set the pace and beat $16 chance Tomlous Jambo by two and a half lengths in the Westsired Pace for two-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Follow The Music, prepared by Hayman’s husband Ross Olivieri, is now firmly in tune for a strong showing in the $100,000 Allwood Stud Farm Westbred Classic for fillies next Friday night.
Champion reinsman Chris Lewis was able to give Follow The Music a very comfortable time in front with a slow lead time of 38.9sec. followed by modest opening quarters of 31.5sec. and 30.1sec. He then increased the tempo with final sections of 29sec. and 28.8sec. to record a mile rate of 1.59.6 over the 2130m journey.
Follow The Music is out of the unraced Rocknroll Hanover mare Music Row, whose dam the American-bred Lindsey Leigh produced former top-flight pacer Maffioso, who amassed $609,907 in prizemoney from 24 wins and ten placings from 41 starts.
The highlight of Maffioso’s career was in the $200,000 Chariots of Fire at Harold Park in July 2009 when he beat champion pacer Im Themightyquinn by a head.
by Ken Casellas