Maddison Brown will be out to replicate Gota Good Lookadda’s all-the-way victory last Friday night when she drives the seven-year-old in the $25,000 final of the TABtouch Interdominion at Gloucester Park Warwick final over 2130m at pacing headquarters on Friday night.
Gota Good Lookadda’s prospects soared after she drew the prized No. 1 barrier. She started from barrier two last Friday night when she led and won from Mon Lamour and Suzies Gem at a 1.58.9 rate in a qualifying heat.
Suzies Gem, trained at Capel by Andrew de Campo, again looms as a tough opponent, even though she will have to overcome the distinct disadvantage of starting out wide at barrier eight.
Suzies Gem started from the No. 9 barrier last Friday night when she raced four and three wide before getting to the breeze 400m after the start. She worked hard in the breeze and fought on doggedly. Her previous form was hard to fault.
Hidden Bad, trained and driven by Nathan Turvey, scored an impressive victory in a qualifying heat last Friday week and will have many admirers in the final. A 16/1 chance at her first outing for six weeks, she started from barrier seven and settled down in ninth position.
Turvey sent her forward, three wide after 720m and she then raced in the breeze outside the pacemaker Sea Cider before forging to the front 250m from home. She dashed over the final 400m in 28.7sec. and won by 5m from Forever Remembered.
This ended a losing sequence of ten (which included only one placing) and improved her record to 45 starts for 13 wins and 14 placings.
“She should have benefited from that run and has worked well since,” Turvey said. “But she has a tricky draw at No. 3. There’s no particular reason why she returned to form. I just gave her a break and hoped that would do the trick.
“I wouldn’t say that she has bounced back to her best, but at least her win was an indication of perhaps better things to come. Going back a year she was quite a nice mare and I thought she would go through a few grades. But obviously things went a bit pear-shaped.
Forever Remembered, trained at Collie by Errol Ashcroft, has sound each-way prospects after drawing favourably at barrier two on the back line.
She will be driven by Kyle Harper, who was impressed with her powerful three-wide finishing burst from last approaching the bell to be second to Hidden Bad last Friday week.
“That run was super,” Harper said. “She’s just a lovely high-speed horse who is always dangerous if she gets the right trip. Barrier two on the back line should suit her and she should get a nice trip through.”
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