Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Deni Roberts maintained her dazzling form in the sulky with another three winners at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with the exciting mare Aardiebytheseaside completing the treble with another splendid performance in scoring a decisive victory in the $21,000 Trotsynd Syndication Pace.
This followed wins in earlier events with other Greg and Skye Bond-trained pacers Tenzing Bromac and Rattlin Lilly. Roberts now has driven 106 winners this year and is on target to notch two hundred winners in a season for the second year in a row.
Aardiebytheseaside was the $1.10 favourite from the No. 4 barrier on Friday night when she set a brisk pace and dashed over the final quarters in 28.6sec. and 28.2sec. to win at a 1.55.7 rate over 2130m. She won by a half-length from her fast-finishing stablemate Carana ($15).
Aardiebytheseaside is unbeaten at her five starts in Western Australia and has a record of 26 starts for 13 wins, eight placings and $335,516. Her main target in the coming months will be the $150,000 Mares Classic on November 15, but she could well be a leading contender in the $200,000 Golden Nugget on December 13.
“She is pretty exciting and has got such a high speed that she runs her quarters so easily,” said an admiring Roberts. “When she goes up in class it will be a bit harder, but I think she has the depth and ability to compete against the boys.”