Comeback pacer The Odd Lover has earnt a well-deserved break after producing a record breaking performance on Friday night to take out the $35,000 Alltools 4YO & 5YO Championship (2130m) at Gloucester Park.
Trained & driven by Kim Prentice, The Odd Lover rated 1:56.5 and eclipsed Northview Punter’s 1:57.1 race record set in 2014,
The Odd Lover by Art major from the Bettors Delight mare Under The Odds has raced 16 times for 10 wins.
He will now head to the paddock before a campaign that will include the Inter Dominion Championship, WA Pacing Cup and Fremantle Cup.
The Odd Lover was sent to paddock for 12 months after obtaining a injury in January 2015.
His six starts on the comeback trail; he has won four races and run two seconds.
Prentice rates the Odd Lover up there with his former star Baltic Eagle, who won a New Zealand Inters, WA Pacing Cup and Fremantle Cup in the 2000s.
The Odd Lover, did all the work outside leader Kimba bay in the run took the lead around the final turn and held off Fernleigh Rebel ($3.30) to score by a half-head.
Bettor Reward ($4.60), who settled fourth, finished 4m away in third place.
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