Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Victorian-bred pacer Haveyoumetted made amends for a disappointing effort when a well-beaten $2.25 favourite on Tuesday night by setting the pace and holding on to win the $27,000 TABradio Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
He was a $2.25 chance from barrier five on Tuesday night when he raced one-out and two back and went four wide 350m from home before finishing sixth, six lengths behind the winner Beyond Bling.
Haveyoumetted, trained and driven by Brett Smith, was much better suited from the No. 1 barrier on Friday night when he was the $3.40 second fancy behind last-start winner Bettor Arcade, who was the $2.15 favourite from the No. 5 barrier.
He held out fast starters Classic Choice and Medieval Man and the lead time was a smart 36.6sec. before Smith got Haveyoumetted to relax through the opening quarter in 31sec. This was followed by 400m sections of 30.3sec., 28.4sec. and 28.5sec. and Haveyoumetted won by a metre from Medieval Man, with Sound Wave ($12) battling on along the inside to be a head away in third place.
The winner rated 1.57 and took his record to 41 starts for seven wins, 12 placings and stakes of $67,536. His 19 WA starts for Smith have produced four wins and six placings.
He is by Guaranteed and is the only foal out of D M Dilinger mare Whateveruwant, who was retired after one third placing at Ballarat in September 2012.