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“He’s awesome and keeps on earning for us,” said a beaming trainer Aiden De Campo after driving Pradason to victory in the 2130m Barbagallo Leaders In Motoring Excellence Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Pradason, the $2.50 favourite, produced another splendid frontrunning performance to beat James Butt ($2.65) and Theo Aviator ($10) to boost his earnings to $181,104 from 18 wins and 24 placings from 75 starts.
“Once he got away with the lead time (a slow 38sec.) as I thought he would, I was happy with what we were running (opening quarters of 30.6sec. and 30.5sec.).
“I was worried about Theo Aviator getting off my back, and I needed to hold him in, with James Butt in the breeze. I always thought he would be able to hold on and win.”
The Victorian-bred Pradason, by American stallion Shadow Play, is out of Stylish Jasper, who raced 125 times for 15 wins and 33 placings for stakes of $118,491.
Pradason is not purely a frontrunner, with only five of his 13 WA wins coming after setting the pace.