NSW mare Delightful Star threatened during the final stages in the sprint lane but Surfingmakecents refused to let her past and scored by a half-neck in 1:53.2.
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The daughter of Vincent, NZ, and Our Surfergirl was bred by Stawell breeder Ken Salmon and Manning and now heads to the paddock for a well-deserved spell.
Her record stands at eight wins, 12 minors and $109,630 from 26 starts spread over more than three years of racing.
Dunn Adelaide bound
Horsham horseman Aaron Dunn booked a return visit to Adelaide when six-year-old gelding Hot Deal and three-year-old colt Forty Love qualified for the $60,000 SA Pacing Cup and $30,000 SA Pacing Derby Finals in their heats at Globe Derby on Saturday night.
Hot Deal enjoyed a cosy peg line trip throughout the 2645-metre journey but could not match the leaders Lord Zarias, driven by Gaita Pullicino, and Delightful Tammy, by Lisa Ryan, over the final stages of his heat.
Having only his third run back after five months off, Hot Deal came in third, beaten nine metres in 1:58.6 and should improve with the outing under his belt.
The Emma Stewart-trained four-year-old entire Miki To Success with Wayne Hill aboard was ultra impressive in the other cup heat, scoring by 9.5m in a new track record of 1:56.2.
Dunn’s talented three-year-old colt Forty Love was untroubled to take out the first Derby heat.
Double at Swan Hill
Charlton partners Tori Hutchins and Luke Dunne enjoyed a great afternoon at Swan Hill last Friday notching up a double with six-year-old gelding Celestial Zodiac and five-year-old mare Angel Of Anger in consecutive races.
Celestial Zodiac came from well back at the bell to score in Lather Up at Woodlands Pace, his seventh win for the season and a great effort by trainer Hutchins who only took over the former South Australian pacer late last year.
Angel Of Anger led from go to whoa in the Vicbred Voucher Pace and broke a drought of 14 months and 30 starts since her last success.
Having her first outing for the Hutchins-Dunne combo, the mare started odds-on-favourite in the restricted stakemoney contest on the strength of a solid recent trial at Bendigo.
Eyeneedthat scores
Smart two-year-old colt Eyeneedthat proved too tough for older rivals in taking out the Chris Packer and Associates Pace at Ballarat last Thursday night.
Starting solo on the second line at the start of the 1710-metre dash, Eyeneedthat settled at the tail of the field in the early stages before driver Aaron Dunn made a three-wide forward move heading to the bell.
Poised outside the leader, Soho Piastri at the 400-metre mark for a ding-dong fight to the finish, Eyeneedthat pulled out plenty to score by a half-neck in 1:54.5, his second win from seven starts.
The son of Downbytheseaside USA is raced by Dunn in partnership with his Ouyen mate Matt Retallick and the estate of the late Brian ‘Digger’ Finch.
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