Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Star filly Water Lou maintained her dominance of feature events when she was not extended in cruising to victory in the $50,505 APG WA Gold Bullion final for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
She was the $1.04 favourite from the No. 1 barrier and Shannon Suvaljko enjoyed an armchair drive as he guided her to an all-the-way win by three lengths over $12 second fancy More Sass, who trailed the leader throughout.
Water Lou rated 1.56.9 over the 1730m journey. She ambled through the lead time in 8sec. and the opening quarters in 30.4sec. and 31.2sec. before sprinting over the final 400m sections in 29.1sec. and 27sec.
Trainer Mike Reed said that Water Lou would have a break of two or three weeks. “Then we will keep marching on,” he said. “There are lot of races for three-year-old fillies coming up.
“Water Lou did only what she had to do tonight. Shannon told me that he couldn’t believe that she had just run 27sec. (for the final 400m) because she was jogging all the way to the home bend. Then she only got wound up over the last hundred metres. Shannon said that it took him half a lap to pull her up.”
Water Lou, raced by Jim and Wilma Giumelli’s Swandoo Harness Racing Pty Ltd, has had 17 starts for 13 wins, two placings and $267,090 in stakes.