Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Honest seven-year-old Sound Wave ended a 13-month drought and a losing sequence of 29 when he charged home from the rear to win the $21,000 Westral Plantation Timber Shutters Pace over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
He was a $14.60 chance from barrier five, and his prospects appeared remote when he was in 11TH position at the bell. But that didn’t deter Emily Suvaljko, who sent the gelding forward with a three-wide burst with 700m to travel.
Sound Wave sprinted strongly and got to the front in the final 15m to win by a metre from the $2.50 favourite Dawson, who had taken a narrow lead 220m from home after being trapped wide early and then in the breeze, with the polemarker Apologize ($16) setting the pace.
“His past two runs were really good, with his latest run last week (fourth behind Star Casino) putting the writing on the wall,” said Suvaljko.
“They went hard early (with an opening quarter of 28.3sec.) and that boosted my confidence, so I took off early with a horse who normally relies on a 400m kick. The speed was being backed off a bit, so I thought it was time to get going.”
Sound Wave, a $32,500 yearling, is trained at Stoneville by Simon Lowings, and he has now earned $131,177 from ten wins and 26 placings from 91 starts. He is by Mach Three and is the second foal out of Terra Into The West, who raced 79 times for five wins, 26 placings and $59,570.
Terra Into The West is a half-sister to Winforu, who earned $719,204 from 32 wins and 45 placings from 172 starts.