Platinum Revolution in cruise control

Nulkaba harness racing trainer Clayton Harmey will chase more wins at Newcastle Paceway with Platinum Revolution but fellow in-form four-year-old Wet My Whistle will contest heats of the Chariots of Fire at Menangle.

Platinum Revolution ($1.12) toyed with her rivals at Newcastle on Saturday night, cruising to a 4.2-metre win untested in 1:55:1 after taking the early lead.

It was the 2018 Pink Bonnet winner's sixth consecutive victory for Harmey. The mare was last at Menangle in her first start with the stable after coming from Shane and Lauren Tritton, but she was spelled and has returned with the unbeaten streak.

"There looks like there's plenty more to come," Harmey said. "People have said she won those other races quite easily and she hadn't done much, but she's a big girl and a bit light on, so I've taken my time with her.

"Last night wasn't a great field but it was a step up on what she's been racing, and she still had the ear plugs in and went 1:55.

"I don't know how far she will get, I don't think she is a Wet My Whistle, but all you can do is win. We can go to Menangle with her, and we will, but when we're ready."

Harmey said Platinum Revolution was well placed under the handicapping system and would meet similar company in her next three runs at Newcastle, given mare and junior driver points dispensations.

Platinum Revolution

However, he said group 2 Golden Guitar champion Wet My Whistle, also on a six-race winning run, would nominate for Chariots of Fire qualifiers, which are the Paleface Adios and Hondo Grattan Stakes.

By Craig Kerry

Reprinted with permission of The Newcastle Herald