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Prince Of Pleasure is an inexperienced rising six-year-old who has had only 15 starts. But champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr is excited at his wonderful potential and has high expectations of him developing quickly into a runner in the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January.
The New Zealand-bred Prince Of Pleasure extended his winning sequence to eight when Hall drove him to an effortless victory in the $20,250 Westral Meshlock Security, None Stronger Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Prince Of Pleasure, trained by Gary Hall Snr and the $1.04 favourite from the outside of the back line, settled in eighth position before he made a fast three-wide move 1100m from home to burst to the front 200m later. He dashed over the final 400m sections in 28.1sec. and 28.2sec. and beat $26 outsider Ifeel Sikdarl by just under a length, rating 1.54.7 over the 1730m journey.
Prince Of Pleasure, who managed one win and one second placing from eight starts in New Zealand, is unbeaten at seven starts in Western Australia. By champion sire Bettors Delight, he is the second foal out of the Christian Cullen mare Holly Maddison, who raced 17 times for five wins, five placings and $43,101.
“We will have to keep racing him through the grades if we want to get him into the Cups,” said Hall Jnr. “It has been a while since I’ve driven a horse with that sort of speed, and horses who do have such speed look good coming through the classes. Contesting the big Cups is not out of the question, at all.”