04 June 2020 | Ken Casellas
Inexperienced pacer Pamy June resumed a month ago after a 12-month absence and has been most impressive for owner-trainer-driver Jocelyn Young with two wins and two close seconds from four starts and now Young has her sights set on the smart mare making a successful debut at Gloucester Park by winning the Group 3 Harry Capararo Westbred Four And Five-Year-Old Mares Pace on Friday night.
Pamy June will start from the No. 2 barrier on the back line and Young should be able to manoeuvre her into a prominent position in the early stages before relying on her strong finishing run.
Pamy June warmed up for this week’s assignment in fine style in a 1609m event at Bunbury last Saturday night when she raced in sixth position in the one-wide line before starting a three-wide move with 550m to travel. She responded to Young’s vigorous urgings to get to the front 15 metres from the post and win by a half-length from the pacemaker Madam of Mischief in 1.57.5, with a final quarter of 57.9sec.
At her previous appearance, in a 2692m event at Pinjarra five days earlier, she started from the inside of the back line and finished determinedly along the sprint lane to take a narrow lead 25m from the post before being beaten by a half-length by the fast-finishing Classic Choice. That followed a spirited victory over 1684m at Pinjarra when she raced wide early and then in the breeze before defeating Sweet Gina.
Pamy June was bred by Ray and Pam Grantham and was named after Pam. The mare is the third foal out of Chilli Waters, whose first foal Raymon John was named after Ray, a former prominent trainer-reinsman. Raymon John earned $95,853 from 15 wins and ten placings from 51 starts.
Chilli Waters, who raced only seven times for one win (as a two-year-old at Bunbury’s Donaldson Park in June 2004), was a half-sister to Village Hero, who had 136 starts for 16 wins, 20 placings and $182,133 in stakes. In 2007 Village Hero won the Pinjarra Cup and the August Cup at Gloucester Park.
Pamy June is by the West Australian-bred stallion Lombo Mandingo, who had 29 starts for 14 wins, eight placings and $216,675 in prizemoney. At his debut and only appearance in WA, Lombo Mandingo, driven by Chris Lewis, won a two-year-old event by six lengths at Pinjarra in November 2005. Lombo Mandingo went on to win six races in New South Wales, one in Canberra, five in Victoria and one in Queensland.
Lewis, who drove the $1.08 favourite The War Nurse to victory by a half-head over $51 outsider Sameplace Sametime in the Four And Five-Year-Old Mares Pace 12 months ago, is hoping to repeat the dose this week by winning with the Barry Howlett-trained Dancing With Mach, who is sure to be prominent from the prized No. 1 barrier.
Dancing With Mach has a losing sequence of ten and has begun from the No. 1 barrier four times for two thirds, a fifth and a twelfth placing. The best of her recent runs was two starts ago when she started out wide at barrier eight, was restrained to last in the field of ten and caught the eye by finishing determinedly from seventh at the 300m mark to be third behind Delightfulreaction and Queen Shenandoah over 2130m at Gloucester Park. Repeating that effort would make her extremely hard to beat.
Howlett has a good second string runner in My Prayer, who will be handled by Chris Voak from the inside of the back line. My Prayer, a winner over American Delight and Art Tutor at Albany five starts ago, has finished second at Pinjarra at two of her past three starts — behind Roman Art and Verstappen.
Dylan Egerton-Green had the choice of driving Cardup trainer Sarah Suvaljko’s veteran Nowuseemesmile (barrier two) and the up-and-coming lightly-raced Hong Kong Dolly (barrier three). He has opted to handle the five-year-old Nowuseemesmile, a seasoned performer who has raced 94 times for nine wins and 26 placings.
Four-year-old Hong Kong Dolly has had three wins and four placings from 16 starts. She won twice at Bunbury in April and impressed at her latest appearance, when she started from the outside barrier and was restrained to the rear before finishing strongly from last at the 850m to be a close third behind Pamy June at Bunbury last Saturday night.
Yo Te Amo Haitch and Dats Abit Harsh also caught the eye in that event, unleashing spirited late bursts out wide on the track to finish fourth and seventh, respectively.
Missplay, prepared at Bakers Hill by Mike Williams and to be handled by Ryan Warwick, is awkwardly drawn at barrier six, but she has the ability to figure in the finish. She impressed last month with placings behind Delightfull at Pinjarra and All The Bells at Gloucester Park and an easy victory over Our Mandingo at Pinjarra.
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