Old Pacing Marvel Max Delight (Bettor’s pleasure) could add to the Powerhouse Aussie Harness Racing Raid on the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup this year.
Trainer David Aiken admits that the race is a “bucket lister” and knows that Max Delight could be his last chance to have a runner on the second Tuesday in November in Addington.
Despite the age, nine-year-old Max Delight races in career-best form.
He was equal to his PB with a purified 1min48.8sec miles victory on Menangle on Saturday evening. Only a week earlier he won in 1min48.9SEC.
These are his only two starts since he arrived at home from a hopeless position for the fifth behind Leap to Fame in the Brisbane Inter Dominion Final in Albion Park on July 19.
Max Delight Replay
Max Delight, who has 37 lifelong victories and almost $ 1.5 million, has won six of its starts this season with another seven placements.
The gelding is a credit to Aiken, since he broke after he finished third in the 2020 chariots of fire and not racing for almost a year.
“The NZ Cup is a race that you dream of having a runner in. Yes, we talked about it and it’s a possibility,” said Aiken.
But first Aiken has sights on more group 1 glory in the $ 150,000 Len Smith Mile in Menangle on September 6.
Based on his recent form, Max Delight will be just as difficult to beat as everything.
Especially with the three best Pacers from Australasia, jumps to Roem, Swayzee and Don Hugo, the Len Smith will miss.
Unlike so many of his runs when he led or did the work, Max Delight enjoyed a pleasant three pins who ran Rixon Rixon last night.
But the son of Bettor’s joy still had to break the clock with his final splits to win. He ran his own last half in 52.9 sec and a closing quarter of 26.4 sec to lapse the main runner of the high class captains.
Max Delight will face stylish Queensland Stablemates Speak Truth, who came in second in the Inter Dominion Final and certainly captain in the Len Smith.
Last year’s winner and $ 2 million-plus earner catch a wave is also set for the race.
The best mare in Australia, Eye Keep Smiling, is on trial for a start of Len Smith when she returns to Racing in Menangle this Saturday evening.
In the meantime, Spring To Fame is planned for a racing union of October 4, preparing for the $ 250,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup on October 18 and Melton and then the NZ Cup.
The Double NZ Cup winner Swayzee will return to racing next month after a long period and he is preparing for collisions with jump to fame in both the Victoria and NZ cups.
Through Adam HamiltonFor Harnas Racing New -Zeeland
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