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Consistent New South Wales-bred pacer Mea Culpa is at his best when he leads, and outstanding young reinsman Kyle Symington took full advantage of the No. 1 barrier by guiding him to an easy all-the-way win in the 2130m Channel Seven Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“He goes a lot better when he’s on the bit and charging,” said Symington. “He was like that tonight when he didn’t pull and travelled well on the bit. He won quite easily.”
Symington has formed a splendid association with the Nathan Turvey-trained Mea Culpa, having driven him at 15 of his 20 WA starts for seven wins and six placings. The Art Major gelding’s WA record is eight wins and seven placings, after winning eight races in Victoria. He now boasts a career record of 97 starts for 16 wins, 32 placings and stakes of $139,440.
Turvey was not at Gloucester Park to watch Mea Culpa in action. Instead, he spent the evening at Wagin where he landed a double, driving Sanford Harry ($3.30) and I See Fire ($3.10) to victory.
Mea Culpa was favourite at $1.50, and he was not extended in beating the $3.70 second fancy The Code Breaker, rating 1.57.6 after final quarters of 27.7sec. and 28.8sec.