Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Pinjarra trainer David Young declared that the best is yet to come from lightly-raced five-year-old Showpony after the WA-bred gelding had scored an easy victory in the 2130m Retravision Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“That was only his 29TH start, and I’m really excited for him to have a spell and come back when I think he is capable of taking another step,” said Young.
“We will keep going until he tells me that he has had enough, and I am excited to see what he does after a good break.
“Kyle (Harper) said that this was the best he has felt. Showpony has had trouble by hanging in his races, and he races with a pole and a one-eyed blinker, and he is getting better.”
Showpony, a gelding by Sweet Lou, has had 29 starts for ten wins, ten placings and stakes of $75,371.
He was the $1.10 favourite from the No. 2 barrier and was beaten for early speed by $34 chance Cooper, who began with great alacrity from the No. 8 barrier and burst straight to the front. Harper then dashed Showpony into the lead 350m after the start, and after the final three sections of 29.3sec., 28.9sec. and 28.4sec. he was not extended in winning by just over a length from Cooper, rating 1.56.5.