Driven by Chris Playle, the short-priced favourite led all the way in race one at Narrogin, winning by a 5m margin in 2:02:4.
"he is (special), unfortunately I fell in love with him when we were both young and dumb," Caris Hamilton-Smith joked.
"He did a tendon and had a couple of years off, and Harry asked if I wanted to have another go with him,
"I was hoping he would try a bit harder this time around, but he still has to lead to be competitive."
Hot Cinder took out the second on the card, with the four-year-old bringing up her second career win for Kellerberrin based trainer Dennis Dale. Leading all the way from barrier 6, five with the scratching of number two, Rollyourown, Harper was able to shoot to the front and dictate terms over the 2242m trip, getting the win by 4.9m on the line in 2:03:1.
The trip from Albany was worthwhile for Adrian Shanks, with Step It Up taking out race three with Trent Wheeler on board. The five-year-old won at $8.50 odds after leading all the way over the 1823m sprint trip, breaking a 12-start losing sequence, the win was her first this season.
Cody Wallrodt trained and reined the winner in race four, with White Lightning NZ coming from behind, narrowly getting the win ahead of his dad's horse Mister Sauvage with just a neck between them. The five-year-old started from barrier 10, the widest on the back row, and with Wallrodt settling in the one-out-four-back position, it wasn't until the 600m mark that the pair made their move three wide, with the Wallrodt family horses fighting it out to the finish in a winning mile rate of 2:02:3 over the 2242m journey.
The feature of the night, The Torts WA – Harness The Dream RWWA Westbred feature over the 2242m went the way of Brad Lynn and Madeliene Young, the third win for four-year-old since entering the Lynn stable just five starts ago. Starting from barrier one, Young was uncontested for the lead with Rocknrollartist breaking shortly after release point, going on to lead from start to finish in race five in 2:02:2.
The standing start race came up in race six, with Sunnie Beach able to lead all the way from the front marker, with a comfortable margin of 4.7m over the 2636m standing start journey in 2:04:7. Its been a great week of racing for Tommy Sheehy with a training double just five days earlier, and with Joseph Suvaljko in the cart again this week, Sunnie Beach was able to win first up for the new stable and connections.
Wallrodt was back in the winner's circle, this time as the driver of Flyin Disco who claimed his maiden win in race seven for Bunbury based trainer, Sarah Wall.
"He is a bit of a slow maturing horse, he was also in and out of a few different stables before he came to me,
"Mainly, I think because of Ross Ashby being unwell at different times/undergoing treatmeant and unable to train him at different times,
"so credit to Ross for all the work he also did with him." Wall said
The maidens closed the meeting, with Candillo breaking through for his first win for Clinton Pearce and Jamie. Having his first start for the stable, the four-year-old was able to lead all the way in the last on the card, with a 2.7m winning margin in 2:03:0 over the 1823m journey.
