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A scorching early speed battle between Dominus Factum, Western Arterra and Mirragon played into the hands of the sit-sprinters in the 1730m Follow@SkyRacingau on Twitter Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
While Mirragon was able to kick through on the inside and set the pace from Dominus Factum, Dylan Egerton-Green was quite content to remain at the rear with $11.70 chance Pradason, who began from the outside of the back line.
Pradason was tenth early and eighth at the bell, with Egerton-Green biding his time. Pradason was still in eighth position 400m from home when Egerton-Green sent the five-year-old forward. Pradason sprinted strongly and burst to the front in the final 60m to win by a half-length from Mirragon, rating 1.56.3 rate over 2130m.
The Victorian-bred Pradason, trained by Aiden de Campo, was driven for the first time by Egerton-Green, with De Campo choosing to drive stablemate Dominus Factum, who wilted to seventh after racing without cover.
Pradason, by American stallion Shadow Play, is the second foal out of Stylish Jasper, who earned $1189,491 from 15 wins and 33 placings from 125 starts. He raced 17 times in Victoria for five wins and eight placings, and his 46 WA starts have produced ten wins and 13 placings. He showed early promise in finishing second behind Soho Hamilton in a Group 2 classic for three-year-olds at Melton in September 2019.