He named the filly The Parade after the popular Bunbury hotel of that name, and The Parade developed into a star performer for Lynn and trainer-leader Justin Prentice, amassing $425,999 from 22 wins and 15 placings from 55 starts.
And now The Parade is proving an excellent broodmare – with her first two foals racing, Bettor Arcade and Pipers Parade, winning on Friday evening for her breeder Lynn.
Bettor Arcade, the $3.40 favorite from the outside of the backline, was perfectly controlled by De Campo and enjoyed an ideal passage in the one-out, two-back position before running home strongly to beat Sugar Street ($12) and Era ($7) in the 1730m Vale Dr. Tom Rieusset Pace at Gloucester Park.
BETTER ARCADE REPEAT
And two and a half hours later, trainer Shane Young rode Pipers Parade ($1.30) to an easy victory in the 2242m White Claw Pace at Narrogin, giving the three-year-old filly her second victory on her twelfth start.
De Parade showed her class with victories in the Group 1 Mares Classic in December 2016, the Group 2 Empress Stakes in February 2017 and the Group 3 Race For Roses in May 2015. She is a son of the American sire Real Desire (40 starts for 25 wins, 13 placings and $3,323,606) and is out of the unraced Badlands Hanover mare Hearty Lass, whose eldest half-brother Auckland Reactor earned $1,759,374 from 32 wins and four placings from 53 starts.
Four-year-old Bettor Arcade has earned $63,708 with eight wins and seven placings from 30 starts and looks set to continue his successful career. “He was knocking on the door for this first metro victory,” De Campo said.
“Tonight I was a little concerned that I had to make up ground in the first quarter (in a fast 27.4 sec.) which could affect him later. But from the 600 meters I was confident.”
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Through Ken Casellasfor Gloucester Park
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