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A change in his training routine has helped Paul Edward to bounce back to form after a sequence of five unplaced efforts.
The WA-bred five-year-old was the $2.70 second fancy from the No. 2 barrier in the 2130m TABtouch Watch Sky Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night when trainer Dylan Egerton-Green drove him to an all-the-way win over Franco Western ($9) and Hez Sam ($51).
After a slow lead time of 38.6sec. and comfortable opening quarters of 30.4sec. and 30.1sec. Paul Edward sprinted over the final 400m sections in 28.3sec. and 28.4sec.
“He has had a lot of feet problems, and I’ve changed the way of working him over the past two weeks,” said Egerton-Green.
“I’ve been riding him twice a week on a bush track on the farm at Serpentine, and this has helped to change his mindset. And I haven’t hoppled him at all since his previous start, a fortnight ago.”
Paul Edward is by American sire Always B Miki and is the ninth foal out of Like A Dame, who had 36 starts for three wins, 12 placings and $10,312. The best of Like A Dame’s progeny has been David Hercules, who amassed $1,263,159 from 39 wins and 35 placings from 108 starts.
Soho Santorini, the $2.25 favourite in Friday night’s race, had a tough run in the breeze before fading to finish in eighth place. After the race Soho Santorini was found to be lame in the off-hind leg.