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Superstar mare Wonderful To Fly waltzed her way to another effortless victory at Gloucester Park when she set the pace and won the $26,000 Perth’s #1 Station Nova 93.7 Pace.
The $1.04 favourite set a modest early pace, with a lead time of 37.5sec. followed by quarters of 31.1sec. and 29.6sec., before Shane Young let her slide with closing 400m sections of 27.4sec. and 27.6sec. She won by five lengths from $6 second fancy Miss Boudica, who trailed the leader throughout.
Wonderful To Fly, who rated 1.55.7, boosted her record to 41 starts for 25 wins, nine placings and stakes of $497,835.
“She will have a break now, about ten days off,” said Young. “She is the best horse I have trained or driven. I haven’t travelled interstate with a horse, and she is good enough to take away.
“But there’s no definite plans about going away. She has to be invited to run in the Rising Sun (a $350,000 event for three and four-year-olds at Brisbane’s Albion Park on July 8). If invited, much will depend on the availability of flights.
“Last week when she won and rated 1.57.4 (over 1730m) she was nice and relaxed. Tonight, I had her on the ball and she ran 55sec. (final 800m) over 2130m.”