KENFURY Lass made it back-to-back wins when the South Coast filly toughed it out to win yesterday’s Lounges Plus 2 & 3 Year-Old Pace (1609m) at Tamworth Paceway with Brad Elder in the gig and the start of a marvellous “triple treat” day for the young driver.
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Elder won the next race with Grinear Girl and then pounced in the seventh to win the Kel Penfold Pace (1980m) with Miss Art Ranger for Uralla trainer Mitch Faulkner.
Elder’s day started trickily when Kenfury Lass drew the outside of the second line.
However, Elder had no qualms about surging from wide and deep to sit outside raceleader Cmon Gimme Five in the death seat on the daughter of Kenneth J.
The Neil Shaw-trained filly then fought off persistent Cmon Gimme Five and the late driving finish from Lets Play Ball (Lola Weidemann) to register a 6m win over the Clifton gelding with Cmon Gimme Five, trained at Tamworth by Ernie Mabbott, 1.5m away third.
Kenfury Lass won for the third time in 25 starts yesterday, coming off an all the way win at Young over 1720m on June 11.
Elder was in the gig yesterday after Madi Young , who was in the spider at Young, had copped a suspension.
He has enjoyed success at Tamworth in recent months too.
“We don’t come up here a lot but when we do it’s worthwhile,” Elder told on-course interviewer Mark Lowe.
“She did it a little tough today too,” he said of Kenfury Lass.
“She had a really tough run from 10 to push through and find the chair. Then she stuck on well and dug deep.”
Elder’s decision to let Grinear Girl cut loose midway through the Nevele R Stallion Tender Close July 29 Pace (1609m) paid handsome dividends when the Greg Coney-trained mare annihilated her opposition.
She quickly gapped the field to set up an easy 24.25m win from Mac Sweet in an exceptionally quick 1min 57.8secs, just two tenths outside the track record.
While she didn’t muster great gate speed, Elder was able to lead and, “after giving her a breather”, realised she was going so well he allowed her full rein.
“I was going to sit outside them but she felt so good I let her go,” he said.
“Her third quarter (28secs) separated them,” Elder said.
“She cruised home and was too strong.”
It was his second win in two races and had him hopeful of making it a treble with Miss Art Ranger in the Kel Penfold Finance Pace and he drove her like a good thing too, sitting in the death seat and then leading to fight off Pay On The Pacer for a 1.5m win.
“It was tough win. Hopefully there’s a few more in her and they have some fun with her.
“Mitch does a great job with them too.”
