Tricky draw for Leap To Fame in Rising Sun

Emerging champion Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) will need to produce another top class harness racing performance if he is to win The Rising Sun at Albion Park on Saturday night (Jul. 8).

The Grant Dixon-trained pacer came up with the outside front row gate of seven at last night’s barrier draw, but is still a red-hot favourite to claim the Group 1 feature with the TAB.

Leap To Fame is a $1.30 chance to take out the third running of the Queensland feature, and is marked ahead of My Ultimate Ronnie ($6.50), Cantfindabettorman ($6.50) and Speak The Truth ($11).

The two Victorian-trained runners are Geoff Webster’s Cobber, who has barrier 11, and Charlene Gusman’s Hes Charlies Angel, who will start from 12.

The Rising Sun is for three and four-year-old pacers, with the race won by star mares Amazing Dream and Ladies In Red in its first two runnings.

A $100,000 bonus is payable to any three-year-old winner of the event.

Meanwhile, Arcee Phoenix (Trixton) is favourite to win the inaugural running of The Great Square at Albion Park on Saturday night.

Chris Svanosio’s in-form star has barrier six and heads the market at $2.40 from fellow Victorians Courage Stride ($3.20, gate 11) and Rockinwithattitude ($4.60, gate two).

All three were invited to the new Group 1 feature for three and four-year-old trotters on the back of their strong form in recent times.

The David Miles-trained Rockinwithattitude will pocket a $25,000 bonus for connections should she win the race as a three-year-old.

Saturday night’s Albion Park meeting kicks off with the opening event at 5.10pm.

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by Tim O’Connor, for Harness Racing Victoria