Impeccably bred filly Musical Delight gave owners Bill and Anne Anderson every reason to smile with an outstanding debut win in the Warehouse Sales 2 Year Old Pace at Cranbourne on Sunday 12 February.

The countdown to this year’s Cranbourne Pacing Cup began in earnest this week with a number of the potential combatants lining up across the Tasman during New Zealand Cup week.

Former Kiwi pacer Za Marlon opened his winning account in Australia in the feature Choice Hotels Pace at Cranbourne on Thursday night.

Kiwi import Atomic Horizon provided his new owners with a quick return on their investment with a dogged first up win at Cranbourne on Thursday night.

Smart 5yo pacer Courageous Spirit made a triumphant return to the winners circle on Sunday 2nd October with an all the way win in the feature G D Wilson Memorial.

Hobby Cranbourne South trainer Derek Harrington has known for a long time that his now 5 year old Travtiano had the potential to be the best horse ever to wear his colours.

Veteran harness racing trainer Graeme Lang may not have been at Cranbourne on Saturday night but the Melton mentor had plenty of reason to smile with his team producing a stable double.