Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Promising three-year-old filly Fakenit is developing into a serious contender in rich feature events later this year when she overcame a hiccup at the start and went on to win the $21,000 Allwood Stud Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
The filly, trained by Gary Hall Snr and driven by Gary Hall Jnr, dominated betting and was the $1.20 favourite from the No. 4 barrier.
She gave her supporters a scare when she was fractious in the mobile score-up and missed the start by a length before settling down in fifth position, with Gelsomino Amal ($51) leading for the first 100m before Ruby Lou ($26) dashed to the front and the lead time was covered in a fast 35.5sec.
Hall Jnr then dashed Fakenit forward and into the lead after 550m before getting the filly to relax and run the opening 400m section of the final mile in a modest 31.9sec. This was followed by quarters of 30.3sec., 29.2sec. and 27.6sec. and Fakenit won by just over a length from Ruby Lou, rating 1.56.7.
Fakenit is by American sire American Ideal and is the first foal out of the Alta Christiano mare Fake News, who earned $177,412 from 14 wins, six seconds and one third placing from 38 starts.
The highlight of her career was her win in the Group 3 Country Derby at Pinjarra in March 2019. She was retired to the breeding barn after winning at her final two appearances, at Gloucester Park in August 2020. Fakenit has now raced three times for two wins and an unlucky second placing for stakes of $20,955.