Picture : Michael O’Brien – The West Australian – 17th April 2015
The 2015 Bunbury Cup was robbed by the late scratching of Bettors Fire who had claimed the previous two running’s of the premier country cup.
Trainer Kyle Harper told Harnessbred.com “the horse is fine it was 40 degrees here yesterday and it’s a long trip to Bunbury I just did not want to take the risk with him”.
Harper went on to say “I just want to make sure his is at his peak in a fortnight’s time”
The cup was taken out by 4 year old super star Beaudiene Boaz trained by Gary Hall and driven by his son Clint, drawn the pole Beaudiene Boaz had little trouble in leading and won by 1.8 metres from Jason Rulz who flashed home on the sprint lane and South west pacer Smokey The Bandit a further 1.8 metres away in third place.
Beaudiene Boaz mile rate was 1.58.1 Hall was allowed to get away with slow first half of his last mile only 31.6 for the first 400m then 29.9 and 28.2 before zipping home in 27.3.
The winner main aim will no doubt be the Golden Nugget while runner up Jason Rulz which was purchased by a group owners from the Michael Brennan stable for the Inters, the run will top him up slightly for the first set of heats in a fortnight.
Third place getter Smokey The Bandit is second emergency for the series.
Approved By Dean Baring www.harnessbred.com
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