Wonder mare a step closer to racing

It was business as usual for harness racing’s wonder mare Ladies In Red (Mach Three) as she tuned up for her highly-anticipated return to racing with a professional trial performance at Tabcorp Park Melton on Tuesday afternoon (Sep. 27).

Emma Stewart’s star pacer was the headline runner at Victorian harness racing headquarters and she didn’t disappoint, scoring a narrow victory over stablemates Phoenix Prince and Mach Dan.

Driven by David Moran, the four-year-old worked a little to find the front in the early stages of the trial, but then controlled the tempo before dashing home in a final quarter of 26.9sec to win in a mile rate of 1:55.5min (1720m).

Moran joined Tim O’Connor during the live From The Horse’s Mouth coverage on TrotsVision shortly after the trial and spoke glowingly about the mare’s first-up hit-out.

“She was really good,” Moran said.

“She got up the straight really, really well so everything should be right to go.

“…she pulled up really well. She blew up a tiny little bit, as expected, but not a lot at all really.”

SHE'S BACK IN STYLE!
Wonder mare Ladies In Red was the star of this afternoon's From The Horse's Mouth broadcast at the Tabcorp Park Melton trials. She cruised to victory before driver @davidmo22470703 dropped by the studio for a chat.
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All roads now lead to the Group 3 Make Mine Cullen – the first leg of the Elizabeth Clarke Mares Triple Crown – at Melton on October 8 for Ladies In Red’s return to racing.

It will be her first run since taking out the Group 1 Rising Sun in Queensland during July, a result that leaves her career record at 19 wins from 23 starts and $789,420 in prizemoney.

From Harness Racing Victoria