News Article - Australian Harness Racing

Guerin: Queensland on radar for Merlin after Derby triumph

25 March 2023

Don’t be fooled by the small margin Merlin scaped home by in Friday night’s $135,000 Woodlands Derby.

Because driver Zachary Butcher is adamant the quality colt could have won the classic by a lot more had he wanted.

“That is just him, he doesn’t like running away from horses and just switches off,” said Butcher after his first win in the great race.

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Patriarch is tough as nails: Up-and-coming star Patriarch won’t have things all his own way when he begins from the outside barrier in the field of seven in the 2130m Foton Trucks Built Ready To Go Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But his part-owner and trainer Michael Young is confident that the New Zealand-bred two-year-old...

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