Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Quality four-year-old Skylord enjoyed a perfect trip in the one-out, one-back position before sprinting home strongly to score an easy victory in the $27,000 Allwood Stud Supporting Breeders Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night to complete a hat-trick of wins at headquarters.
“It all worked out; the pace was genuine,” said trainer-driver Jocelyn Young. “I was tempted to nick around them, but I decided to be patient. I was in a nice enough spot, and it’s nice to sit him up in his races. And now that he is up in grade it is good to know that he is happy racing that way.”
Infinite Sign ($11) set the pace from Goodfellaz ($17) in the breeze and Crowd Control prominent in the one-out, one-back position.
Goodfellaz got to the front 350m from home before Skylord sped past him with 120m to travel. Skylord, the $1.90 favourite, won by 2m from $15 chance Flying Rumour, who was seventh at the bell and caught the eye with his fast-finishing effort.
Skylord has now raced 28 times for eleven wins and ten placings for stakes of $192,499.