Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
An ideal draw on the inside of the back line draw paved the way for Hunt The Magic’s victory in the $21,000 Bob and Marilyn Fowler Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, a win which ended a 15-month drought and a losing sequence of 21.
The five-year-old mare trained by Ian Gossage, was a $10.40 chance who was given every chance by Kyle Symington, who gave her a perfect sit behind the over racing pacemaker and $3.60 favourite Franco Mecca.
Fat Louie ($4.20) raced in the breeze, and Symington was able to ease Hunt The Magic off the pegs in the final lap before the mare finished solidly to win a half-length from $34 chance Del Bocavista Bay, with Fat Louie in third place.
“She hasn’t had a run like that for a while and it was perfect for her,” said Symington, who predicted further successes for the mare.
“She is a horse who feeds off confidence because the previous time she won (in April 2024) I think she won four in a row,” said Symington. In fact, Symington drove her to three successive wins at Pinjarra in March and April in 2024.
Hunt The Magic is by American sire Huntsville and is the first foal out of Jeremes Jet mare Playin With Magic, who won once (at Bunbury in May 2015) from 16 starts. Hunt The Magic’s younger sister Seaside Magic won the Group 3 Pearl Classic in May this year when she beat Captain Stirling.
Hunt The Magic has proved to be a handy performer who now has earned $98,756 from eight wins and 17 placings from 56 starts.