Andy Gath concedes he was a reluctant traveler as he loaded his stable harness racing star Catch A Wave (Captaintreacherous) onto the float for an ambitious trip to Perth three weeks ago. “Stupidity made me go,” quipped Gath as he basked in the glory of The Nullabor and Fremantle Cup double with the son of
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard’s Horse & Hound. Magnificent Storm wins WA Pacing Cup Western Australia’s most important race on the calendar, the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup, was won by the American Ideal gelding Magnificent Storm, who
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard’s Horse & Hound. Skylou’s WA Derby Western Australia’s premier race for three-year-olds, the $200,000 WA Derby, was won by then Sweet Lou gelding Skylou, and although Never Ending (also by Sweet Lou),
Up-and-coming youngsters
Three promising young pacers to win at Boxing Day meetings on the eastern seaboard were Pelosi, Letterkenny Boy and Our Road To Mecca, who all belong to the same family.
Pelosi, who won at Albion Park and has now won 12 of her 24 starts, is a three-year-old filly by
American Ideal from the Life Sign mare For Dear Life 1:55.8 ($322,331), a thrice Group 1 winner.
Pelosi Dan Costello photo
Letterkenny Boy, also a winner at Albion Park, is a four-year-old by Art Major from Postmark (2:00.3), dam of the Victoria Derby heat winner Major Post 1:52.6 ($177,026) and Missing Letters 1:53.7 ($123,410). Postmark was a Fake Left mare from the Monarch Hanover mare Irish Mail, the dam of the top flight filly Express Post (1:57.6) and the grand-dam of Our Road To Mecca, who scored at Ballarat on the same night as Pelosi and Letterkenny Boy won.