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Smart four-year-old mare My Sweet Deal bounced back to her best form and ended a losing sequence of nine when she rattled home out wide from sixth at the bell to get up in the final stride to beat Stormyskyes and Blissfullabbey in the 2130m Thank You Members Of York Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday afternoon.

Her victory at $14 made amends for her unlucky eighth behind Whatabro the previous Friday when she raced wide in the final circuit and was badly hampered in the final stages when she locked wheels with another runner.

The New Zealand-bred My Sweet Deal is owned and trained in Collie by 72-year-old David Hunter. All her 41 starts have been in Western Australia for 12 wins, 11 placings and $92,337 in prizemoney.

Polemarker Blissfullabbey ($3.60) set the pace, and Kyle Harper was content to give My Sweet Deal a comfortable trip in the one-out, two-back position before relying on her ability to produce a powerful finishing burst.

Alta Cinderella, the $1.70 favourite, finished seventh after starting from the outside barrier in the filed of eight. She was fractious in the score-up and she settled at the rear before Gary Hall jnr sent her forward after 750m to move to the breeze position where she was inclined to overrace. She faded over the final 250m.

My Sweet Dream gave Harper the first of three winners on Friday. He took off after My Sweet Deal’s win for the 200km trip to Narrogin where he drove the first two winners on the program, scoring with the Bob Mellsop-trained Allwood Wizard and Military Star. For good measure Harper had another five drives at Narrogin for four seconds and a third placing.