Talented harness racing filly Back Page News showed a touch of class when she beat a small select field of fillies and mares in the Raging Bull at Macca Lodge Ladyship Final at the Wairio meeting today.
In the hands of caretaker trainer Brad Williamson, the two-year-old Sportswriter filly got to the front where she likes to be, and held on to beat Feelthejoy by three quarters of a length running the mile in 1-57.6.
āSheās a lot happier in front. In her second start at Wyndham, she was in a trail and was pulling and hanging so I went round the field and sat parked but sheās a lot better free rolling in front,ā Williamson said.
Today was only the fillyās fourth start for Woodend Beach trainer Cam Jones.
āShe raced well at her first start at Oamaru and Cameron decided to leave her with me and target a fillies maiden mobile, but we ran down the track against a particularly good field. But she has improved. She beat a really good field of horses today so weāre over the moon,ā Williamson said.
Jones, in his first season of training, has crafted a very good record with mainly horses that appear to have reached their limit for other trainers. From just fifty-one starters heās won fourteen races.
āHeās got a good UDR, and his horses go pretty good so Iām sure heāll be over the moon with her. Sheāll go out for a spell now.ā
Back Page News is by Sportswriter out of the Christian Cullen mare Hard Days Night and is out of a breed made famous by Norwegian Wood Breeding Limited whoāve named a lot of their horses after Beatles songs.
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byĀ Bruce Stewart