Super rises quickly for training partnership

Caller Dan Mielicki described the roars from the crowd as My Superannuation (Mr Feelgood) gave harness racing husband-and-wife training partnership of Beau and AJ Tindale a career moment they’ll never forget on Saturday night at Melton (Aug. 6).

The six-year-old pacer only joined the Berringa stable a matter of weeks ago, but landed the Tindales’ biggest training success when she led all the way in the $40,000 Group 3 Alabar Vicbred Platinum Mares Sprint Championship Final for driver Greg Sugars.

Previously owned and trained by breeder Geoff Clout, the mare was recently sold and has now won three races on end for her new connections.

The streak started at Ararat on July 20 and included a victory in a heat of the Sprint Championship at Echuca a week later.

“It’s a sensational training performance by Beau and AJ,” Sugars said.

“They were pretty confident going into Ararat the first time I drove her for them and obviously it went pear-shaped at the start where she made a mistake and went from looking like the leader in that race to being last and was still good enough to get up and get the job done.

“From that point on, she’s really gone on with the job nicely.”

My Superannuation burrowed through to lead easily from her inside front row draw on Saturday night and held off a sweeping challenge from race favourite and Emma Stewart-trained rival Runaway Celebrity in the home straight to prevail by 2m.

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The daughter of 2009 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship winner Mr Feelgood had won just six races from 77 starts before joining Team Tindale, but has quickly taken that to nine victories from 80 runs.

“They’re a bit of a boutique stable – they don’t have huge numbers – but the horses they race are very consistent,” Sugars said.

“They’re doing a terrific job with their horses and it’s great to see them starting to edge their way into some feature race success.”

Among the other highlights on Saturday night was the first-up performance from reigning Victorian three-year-old trotting colt or gelding of the year Aldebaran Zeus (Muscle Hill), who blitzed his rivals in the Woodlands Stud Trot.

The Brent Lilley-trained multiple Group 1 winner sat parked throughout much of the 2240m trip, surged to the front at the home turn and thrashed a quality field of squaregaiters by over 4m.

The result takes Aldebaran Zeus’ career record to 10 wins from 25 starts, with prizemoney now up over $170,000.

Joe Pace-trained Supreme Dominator (Bettor’s Delight) won a thrilling edition of the TAB Our Maestro Free For All by a whisker over Torrid Saint, who flashed home from back in the field to just miss in a photo finish.

The victory, for regular driver James Herbertson, continues the gelding’s path towards the Inter Dominion Pacing Championships in Victoria later in the year and adds to a record that boasts 15 triumphs and more than $300,000 in earnings.

Saturday night’s other feature was the Group 3 Lightfoot Laurels for the trotting mares, and it was taken out by Paddy Lee-trained Imamaorijet (Quaker Jet).

But the story was all about young reinsman Lochie Cook, who piloted the horse to his very first metropolitan success.

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