Marshall finds another solid pacer

Kyle Marshall unearthed another above average young pacer after Smoken Ace (Sportswriter) maintained his unbeaten harness racing career record in the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace at Ballarat tonight (Jul. 29).

Four-from-four for Kyle Marshall’s Smoken Ace as the two-year-old’s a comfortable winner of the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace after lead rival and favourite Kingman broke at the start. @Bdtc150 metro trots night continues on https://t.co/p8Slwkw0sZ pic.twitter.com/VZRsu9MZS3

— The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) July 29, 2023

The winner of his only three racetrack outings, Smoken Ace ($2.90) was considered the only danger to the Emma Stewart trained Kingman who was installed the $1.45 favorite in the small five horse field.

Smoken Ace’s task was made easier when Kingman galloped out at the start losing all winning hope while Smoken Ace speared across to find the lead from a wide front row draw.

Marshall revealed the youngster is yet to be tested.

“He’s never really been pressured or pushed in his training or his racing, tonight we left the earplugs out and put the blind on,” Marshall said.

Marshall believes the son of Sportswriter has further improvement to be rolled out in the next 12 months.

“I think that you will see the best of this horse in a year or so as a three-year-old,” he said.

“At the moment he’s just running on raw ability and he’s got a big future I believe.”

“He’s got a big future I believe,” says Kyle Marshall of Smoken Ace, the two-year-old who improved his unbeaten record to four wins with victory in the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace at @Bdtc150.
He got caught up with Rob Auber on https://t.co/p8Slwkw0sZ pic.twitter.com/jrrY2jpKWY

— The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) July 29, 2023

The previous night at Melton the ex-New Zealand horseman partnered Victoria Derby aspirant Son Of Mac to an impressive all the way win at Melton maintaining a picket fence form line of four consecutive wins.

For complete race results, click here.

by John Dunne, for Harnesslink