Douglas Boys Take Honours
Harness racing’s leading combination Glenn & Daryl Douglas teamed up again to take training and driving honours at the Cranbourne Harness Racing Club meeting on Thursday night.
The brothers, who hail from Strathfieldsaye near Bendigo, produced Palazzo Bromac to score an upset win over odds on favourite Because I Can in the Ultra Signs Pace. The 4 year old son of Falcon Seelster only had a moderate 3 year old season after arriving from New Zealand but has been knocking on the door with solid runs at his most recent outings at Ballarat.
On Thursday night Palazzo Bromac stalked the favourite for the entire journey from his good trailing draw but punters were nonetheless surprised at his ability to reel in Because I Can in a sizzling 28.5 final split.
The Douglas boys then combined later in the evening to win the Decron Horse Car Pace with another Kiwi import in Lights And Music. The win was not without its share of dramas with the gelding breaking stride at the start of the event before producing a searching run 3 wide on the track to find the lead with a lap to run. On the line Light And Music had 3 metres to spare over local Travtiano with Power Of Babel a metre away in third.
Harness Racing returns to Cranbourne this Saturday night 24th September.
