Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Youth scored a notable triumph over experience at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the youngest runner in the 2536m Westral Pace proved the master of his six rivals.
Four-year-old Arma Xfactor was the $1.40 favourite who went into the event with a record of ten wins from 31 starts and opposed to the opposition which had contested a total of 520 races (at an average of 86.7 starts per horse), and with an aggregate of 92 wins (15.3 average).
Eight-year-old Regal Cheval, a $17 chance, led for the first 600m before Maddison Brown sent Arma Xfactor to the front and then dawdled through the opening quarters of the final mile in 33.5sec. and 31.3sec. before sprinting over the final 400m sections in 28.1sec. and 27.7sec. to beat Watts Up Sunshine ($4.60) by 2m at a modest 2.2.1 rate.
Arma Xfactor, trained by Colin Brown, has been in fine form this season, winning at six of his eight starts to improve his record to 32 starts for 11 wins, four placings and $91,722 in stakes.
Youth scored a notable triumph over experience at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the youngest runner in the 2536m Westral Pace proved the master of his six rivals.
Four-year-old Arma Xfactor was the $1.40 favourite who went into the event with a record of ten wins from 31 starts and opposed to the opposition which had contested a total of 520 races (at an average of 86.7 starts per horse), and with an aggregate of 92 wins (15.3 average).
Eight-year-old Regal Cheval, a $17 chance, led for the first 600m before Maddison Brown sent Arma Xfactor to the front and then dawdled through the opening quarters of the final mile in 33.5sec. and 31.3sec. before sprinting over the final 400m sections in 28.1sec. and 27.7sec. to beat Watts Up Sunshine ($4.60) by 2m at a modest 2.2.1 rate.
Arma Xfactor, trained by Colin Brown, has been in fine form this season, winning at six of his eight starts to improve his record to 32 starts for 11 wins, four placings and $91,722 in stakes.