Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr is in awe of inexperienced four-year-old Youre So Fine, who chalked up his sixth win from six starts since resuming after an injury-enforced absence of 19 months when he proved the master of his more experienced rivals in the Nova 93.7 Handicap, a 2503m stand at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Youre So Fine, the $1.50 favourite from barrier three on the front line, raced in fourth place in an Indian file affair with $11 chance Watching Our Coin setting the pace.
Hall eased Youre So Fine off the pegs 1300m from home and then enjoyed the one-out, one-back passage behind Ardens Horizon in the breeze. Youre So Fine was switched three wide 250m from home and he finished solidly to take the lead in the final 35m and win by 2m from the $4.80 second fancy Steel The Show.
The final quarters whizzed by in 28.4sec. and 28.3sec., with Hall saying: “That was a pretty good effort for a horse having only his 14TH start. He is tough and is fast.”
Youre So Fine has won at nine of his 14 starts and is on target for the rich feature events for four-year-olds in the summer.