Spirit Of St Louis stamped himself as the horse of the summer with a stunning PETstock Ballarat Pacing Cup win, showing speed early and late to claim an unforgettable edition of the $110,000 classic.
Having arrived in Victoria a tick over a fortnight ago with a reputation as the number three in Belinda McCarthy’s powerful stable, the just-turned five-year-old has teamed with 20-year-old reinsman Jack Callaghan to add the Ballarat crown to the Shepparton and Bendigo cups won in previous weeks.
It’s an amazing haul and the Group 1 win, the second of Callaghan’s young career, will have Spirit Of St Louis among the leading contenders in the February 5 Del-Re National A. G Hunter Cup, the ultimate prize in Victorian trots.
“It’s pretty cool,” Callaghan told TrotsVision. “I won a (Group 1) a couple of years ago but it was definitely not the prestige of this. This is what you dream of as a kid.”
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