Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators
Champion reinsman Chris Lewis will be the new driver for promising filly Fly To Fame in the www.sefsolutions.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
He will replace Emily Suvaljko, who has driven the two-year-old at all her ten starts for trainer Katja Warwick — for two wins and placings.
Suvaljko will be in Victoria on Friday when she drives Benny The Gun on the final night of the Young Drivers Championship series. She shone at the Ballarat meeting on Wednesday when she drove Carramar Solomona and Ghost Of Time to victory in heats of the championship series.
Fly To Fame will start from barrier six in the field of seven on Friday night when she is sure to prove hard to beat, following her impressive victory last Friday week when she challenged unsuccessfully for the early lead and then raced without cover before taking the lead 420m from home and winning by 4m from Valentinathebullet.
Valentinathebullet appeared at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night when she raced without cover before taking a narrow lead approaching the home turn and finishing a close-up fourth behind Torrevean Pinky. The Hayden Reeves-trained Valentinathebullet will start from barrier four on Friday night and will have admirers.
However, the toughest rivals for Fly To Fame are likely to be Cabsav and Lady Violetta. Cabsav, to be driven by Shannon Suvaljko for trainer Mike Reed, will start from the outside in the field of seven. She has raced consistently in her debut season, with her 14 starts producing two wins, five seconds and two thirds.
Lady Violetta, prepared by Banjup trainer Annie Belton, has yet to win from 13 starts, but is capable of improvement at her sixth start after a spell. “She is an honest little horse who will do her best,” said Belton. “She is such a trier and never gives it away.”