Ken Casellas | Race Replay
Seaside Serenade is unbeaten at her three starts, and she looks set to make it four wins in a row when she begins from the ideal barrier at No. 2 in the $125,000 APG Sales Classic for two-year-old fillies over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“She is a nice filly, and hopefully she will lead,” said her trainer Ryan Bell. “Her work during the week has been as good as it has been throughout her preparation. She looks the class and has the best draw.”
Seaside Serenade was not extended in scoring an effortless victory in a qualifying heat on Tuesday of last week when she led from the No. 1 barrier and beat Pocket Of Dreams by more than four lengths, rating 1.55.8 over 1730m. That followed Pinjarra wins over 1684m at her first two race starts.
The other heat winner All Out Of Aces, trained and driven by Dylan Egerton-Green, recorded a considerably slower rate of 1.59 when she fought tenaciously to defeat Seaspirit by a half-length after racing wide early and then in the breeze.
Egerton-Green has decided to drive stablemate Arvannas Wish, the solitary runner on the back line in the field of ten. He has engaged Trent Wheeler to handle All Out Of Aces, who will begin from the No. 3 barrier.
Arvannas Wish made a sound debut when a well-beaten third behind Seaside Serenade in a qualifying heat in which she had no luck.
She was restrained at the start from barrier three and raced in fifth position, four back on the pegs, and then was checked just before entering the home straight to receive the bell when Sweet Grins broke into a gallop immediately in front of her.
Avannas Wish was fifth on the home turn and she sprinted strongly to get up into third place.