Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Byford trainer Craig Hynam was delighted when his veteran pacer Make It Quick finished with a sparkling burst to win the $21,000 Event Parking Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“I’ve had him for four years and he’s one of my favourites,” said Hynam, who celebrated his 41ST birthday the previous Friday.
“I’m having a good season, and that was my eleventh winner for the year. My best year was when I won 14 races in 2021, and I’m hoping to do better than that this year.”
Make It Quick was a $15.50 chance from an awkward draw at barrier seven, and Callan Suvaljko did not bustle the WA-bred seven-year-old who raced in seventh place while $19 chance Ideal Secret was setting the pace after the polemarker and $1.65 favourite Cherry On The Cake was beaten for early speed and then raced in the breeze.
Liam Elliott sent Cherry On The Cake to the front with 570m to travel before Gota Good Warhol ($9.50) took the lead 50m from the post after enjoying a perfect sit behind the frontrunning Ideal Secret.
Make It Quick was seventh with 300m to travel before he sprinted strongly, out five wide, to get up and win by a head from Gota Good Warhol, rating 2.0.3.
“He has a good kick and has to be driven like that, with a sit, unless he has drawn No. 1.”
Make It Quick has now won eleven times for Hynam, and he now has earned $94,861 from 13 wins and 15 placings from 109 starts. He is by Follow The Stars and is the fourth foal out of the unraced Jeremes Jet mare Quick Remark.