(IM) PATS DELIGHT DRAWS THREE IN $500,000 FINAL
Kentuckiana Lodge pacer (Im) Pats Delight has useful options after drawing barrier three in the $500,000 Inter Dominion Pacing Grand Final at Melton on Saturday, December 15.
The Bettor’s Delight-Righteous Franco entire is an equal second favourite with Cruz Bromac following the barrier draw.
Cruz Bromac, unbeaten in the first three rounds of the series, drew barrier nine, two on the second row.
Spankem, a stable of Cruz Bromac and another heat winner last Saturday at Cranbourne for the Allstars Stables of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, was declared the outright favourite after drawing barrier five for the final.
The Pacing Grand Final barrier draw is: Galactic Star 1, Can’t Refuse 2, Im Pats Delight 3, Mach Doro 4, Spankem 5, Maximan 6, Tiger Tara 7; Second row: San Carlo 8, Cruz Bromac 9, Our Uncle Sam 10, Wrappers Delight 11, Audi Hare 12, Cash N Flow 13.
Cran Dalgety is happy with the marble for Pat’s Delight.
“I wanted two, or two on the second row, so I’m happy with three,” he said.
“We should get to where we want a couple of hundred metres earlier than Spankem, so that’s a bonus.”
Top NZ squaregaiter Speeding Spur has drawn the ace for the Saturday’s Inter Dominion Trotting Grand Final, with arch-rival and ex-NZ trotter Tornado Valley to start from barrier six.
The Trotting Grand Final draw is: Speeding Spur 1, Monty Python 2, Save Our Pennies 3, Rompers Monarchy 4, Tornado Valley 5, Sky Petite 6: Second row: Illawong Armstrong 8, Tough Monarch 9, Kingdom Come 10, Kyvalley Blur 11, Wilmas Mate 12, Red Hot Tooth 13.
