The Grant Dixon trained Fate Awaits (Always B Miki) bounced back from defeat to take out the inaugural running of the $500,000 Protostar 2YO Slot Race at Albion Park.Ā
Fate Awaits began well from the pole and Dixon was content to take the trail on the back of the $2.30 harness racing favorite The Highland Reel who ensured a genuine tempo mid race.Ā
Dixon elected to pull towards the outside of the track on Fate Awaits ($5) who dug deep in the home straight and reeled in The Highland Reel in the shadows of the post to score by half a head in a slick mile rate of 1:50.6.Ā
Dixon said Fate Awaits had been the focus of attention during the week after being beaten into fifth place in the Paleface Adios last week.Ā
āThe team at home spent time on him during the week and we really couldnāt put his disappointing run down to too much apart from the way I drove him,ā Dixon said.Ā
āHopefully weāve turned him around and to his credit heās come good in a week,ā he said.Ā
FATE AWAITS REPLAY
Dixon said he opted to adopt different driving tactics on Fate Awaits.Ā
āI havenāt driven him like I normally would and heās such a good boy and Iām proud of him tonight because itās the first time heās had to sit in there like that and wear them down in the straight,ā he said.Ā
Dixon was quietly confident the son of Always B Miki would test the clock if the race was run to suit.Ā
āAfter he trialled the other day I thought he could go 1:50,ā he said.Ā
For complete race results,Ā click here.
byĀ John Dunne, for Harnesslink