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With Banjup trainer Dylan Egerton-Green in Melbourne with To Fast To Serious contesting the Interdominion championship series he left his stable forewoman Sara Grout with the responsibility of taking Rockmyster to race at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
The 21-year-old Grout filled in perfectly and enjoyed her moment in the sun when Emily Suvaljko drove $11.50 chance Rockmyster to victory in the $20,250 Go One Better With Westral Pace.
The New Zealand-bred Rockmyster was untroubled to lead from the No. 1 barrier and he gave a bold frontrunning display to go on and win by a length from the $5.50 chance Little Darling, rating 1.57.3 over the 2130m.
“I had not sat behind Rockmyster before, and I spoke on the phone to Dylan on my way to the course,” said Suvaljko. “He said that he is one of the best three-year-olds he’s got, and that he possesses good gate speed as well as good point-to-point speed. And he told me to come out at the start, and if we didn’t get too much pressure, to hold up.”
Suvaljko followed Egerton-Green’s advice, and Rockmyster relished his frontrunning role. The gelding, the eleventh foal out of the unraced Armbro Operative mare Operative Asset, won once from nine New Zealand starts, and his eight WA starts have produced three wins and two placings to improve his career record to 17 starts for four wins, three placings and $34,251.
Grout is now looking forward to preparing her first winner. She trains one pacer, the eight-year-old mare Trinity Bromac, and she is looking forward to gaining a licence to drive in races.