The latest Group 1 trotting feature took place at Harold Park on Sunday, the $50, 000 NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile as part of a thrilling afternoon of racing highlighted by the prestigious $1million Group 1 Watpac 2010 Inter Dominion Pacing Grand Final.
Sundons Gift is now a six-time Group 1 winner following his win in the Sunnyfield Trotters Mile
Brilliant eight-year-old trotter Sundons Gift claimed another impressive feature when he took out the 2010 Sunnyfield Trotters Mile, giving the Chris Lang trained and driven son of Sundon his 30th career victory from 58 starts and his sixth Group 1 success.
Sundons Gift started the race as the hot $1.10 favourite and led throughout the 1609m mobile start sprint after jumping well from barrier three. The classy Inter Dominion champion held strong to defeat local mare Misschells ($25.30), who had a great run behind the leader all the way, by 3.6m.
It was a photo finish for third with the highly seeded Cillas Earl ($7) 7m back from the winner after racing out wide, just a fraction in front of long priced roughie La Mosca ($108) only 0.1m further back.
Sundons Gift narrowly missed out on the Australian mile record of 1:56.2, running a sharp 1:56.3.
2010 NSW Sunnyfield Trotters Mile Results:
Placing |
Horse |
Prizemoney |
Row & Br. |
Trainer |
Driver |
Margin (m) |
| 1 |
SUNDONS GIFT (NZ) |
$27, 500 | Fr3 | C W Lang | C W Lang | - |
| 2 |
MISSCSHELLS (NZ) |
$11, 000 | Fr1 | D R Hancock | D R Hancock | 3.60 |
| 3 |
CILLAS EARL (NZ) |
$5, 500 | Fr6 | M C Marais | M C Marais | 7.00 |
| 4 |
LA MOSCA |
$2, 500 | Fr4 | P R J Fitzpatrick | B P Fitzpatrick | 7.10 |
| 5 |
JOE BRO (NZ) |
$1, 000 | Fr9 | P G Manning | K E Manning | 7.70 |
| 6 |
COOLMAINE (NZ) |
$500 | Fr5 | R D Commens | J B Willick | 8.80 |
| 7 |
ARMED GUARD (NZ) |
$500 | Fr8 | R A Shinn | C N Shinn | 11.80 |
| 8 |
SOLAR ACTIVE (NZ) |
$500 | Fr2 | T Abela | C J Fitzpatrick | 25.70 |
| 9 |
ACACIA RIDGE |
$500 | Fr10 | G D Hoban | G D Hoban | 50.60 |
| 10 |
RONERAIL |
$500 | Fr7 | M A Hughes | G Lang | 302.80 |
| Scratched: | ||||||
| KYVALLEY MAC (NZ) |
