Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Tenzing Bromac is lightly raced and has enormous potential, and his co-trainer Greg Bond is supremely confident the New Zealand-bred five-year-old will continue to improve and will be extremely hard to beat in the $450,000 TABtouch WA Pacing Cup on November 10.
Tenzing Bromac, owned by Team Bond and prepared by Bond and his wife Skye, impressed with the ease in which he won the $31,000 Streamer.com.au Past President’s Cup over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
He was the $2 favourite from barrier No. 1 and he set a solid pace for Deni Roberts before sprinting home over the final quarters in 28.7sec. and 28.6sec. to win by a half-length from the fast-finishing $4.20 chance Pinny Tiger, who raced in fifth position three back on the pegs before finishing with a fast burst. Prince Of Pleasure ($3.30) was a length farther back in third place after trailing the pacemaker throughout.
“Deni didn’t drive him to his strength from the point of view that he is a roller, but she had to hold him up to keep Prince Of Pleasure locked away,” said Bond.
“When Pinny Tiger came, she had to give Tenzing Bromac his head, and he put in a couple of roughies. But he was doing good on the line.
“Tenzing Bromac is probably the best horse in Western Australia at the moment. I can’t compare him with Never Ending, because he is a three-year-old. Tenzing Bromac is developing and is a progressive type, and I think he will be a real major player in the Cup.
“In saying he’s the best horse, I’m not saying he is an Im Themightyquinn. But he can mix it with any horse in WA.”
Tenzing Bromac, who has had only 29 starts for 16 wins, nine placings and $202,676 in prizemoney, will contest, along with several Cup-bound stablemates, the $100,000 James Brennan Memorial over 2536m next Friday week and the $100,000 J. P. Stratton Cup over 2130m a fortnight later.