Track record broken in trial

There was no prizemoney on the line but there were plenty of heads turned with the performance of Sydney pacer Art Tutor at harness racing’s Penrith trials tonight.

The unhoppled son of Art Major is a last start Menangle winner where he rated 1:51.5 last Saturday week but was produced at the trials on Monday night by trainer Joe Conolly where he went faster than the track record.

Driven by young reinsman Seaton Grima, Art Tutor went forward and rolled through the quarters in 28.2, 28.8, 28.1 and 27.4 seconds returning a mile rate of 1:52.2.

The track record for the 1720m in race conditions is 1:53.6 held by Ignatius.

Watch the trial replay below:

Art Tutor is a seven-year-old entire that has had 124 starts for 18 wins.

The pacer has raced with seven trainers in his career, starting off in Victoria before heading to Western Australia and then ending up back in the east in New South Wales.

Art Tutor has had 25 starts with Conolly for eight wins and is now raced by Conolly Family Racing.

By Amanda Rando for Harnesslink