Fresh from winning last week’s Pearl Classic, Aiden De Campo will be out for more three-year-old success at Gloucester Park tomorrow night in the TABradio Pace (2130m).
De Campo trained and drove Seaside Magic to win last week’s $50,000 feature and that pacer headlines his team of three in tomorrow night’s event.
The Hopeland trainer also has Last Hard Copy and Captain Said So engaged in the event.
De Campo said Seaside Magic was better suited following the speed in the Pearl.
“He was stargazing in front in his Pearl heat,” De Campo told Racing WA Harness.
“He travelled much better in behind the speed last week.
“He went better chasing and went to the ability we thought he had.”
Seaside Magic will start from the outside barrier draw of seven in tomorrow night’s event and De Campo indicated the draw “wasn’t horrible” for his charge.
While Seaside Magic enters tomorrow night in winning form, it’s another last start winner De Campo has the highest hopes for in the event.
Last Hard Copy was far too good in his most recent start at Pinjarra, following a creditable fifth to Cyclone Jordy in the Caduceus Club Classic earlier this month.
De Campo said he expected Last Hard Copy to find the front and prove hard to beat tomorrow night.
“He had the plugs in last start and went 56 flat,” he said.
“He’s been a good surprise packet and matched some of the big boys as a two-year-old.
“He’s done nothing wrong and the only time he was beaten was by Cyclone Jordy.
“Hopefully he will be able to have a good crack at finding the front.”
The Greg and Skye Bond-trained When In Vegas, who finished seventh in the Pearl, is the lone runner drawn inside Last Hard Copy.
De Campo indicated his other runner in the event Captain Said So would likely drop to the fence early.
Meanwhile, De Campo said he’s hoping Menemsha can recapture his best form in the Nova 93.7 Pace, the final event on tomorrow night’s Gloucester Park card.
Arma Xfactor heads into tomorrow night’s Ray Duffy Memorial (2130m) in career best form, according to driver Maddison Brown.
The six-year-old returned to the care of Brown’s father and trainer Colin earlier this year, following an unsuccessful stint in New South Wales.
Since his comeback across the Nullarbor, Arma Xfactor has put in two encouraging runs to commence his campaign.
His most recent performance saw him run a tough second to Nullarbor and Fremantle Cup placegetter Gee Heza Sport.
Brown said she was heartened by last week’s performance and indicated Arma Xfactor was relishing being back in familiar surroundings.
“He pulled me from go to woe,” Brown told TABradio.
“I thought over the 2500 it would tell towards the end, but he ran it out strongly.
“Dad’s got him going really well this time in.
“He was running out and cross firing and we couldn’t get him to pace over there.
“It seems that he prefers the tight circuit.”
Arma Xfactor is likely to find himself in the breeze again in tomorrow night’s feature event, with last start winner Sugar Apple drawn favourably in barrier one.
Brown said she was confident Arma Xfactor could do work in the run and score a deserved win tomorrow night.
“I’m probably going to be a bit of a passenger again,” she said.
“He races pretty fiercely, so I think I will be outside the leader.
“The 2100 should suit him.
“It’s not going to be easy, but Xfactor is probably in career best form.”
As well as Arma Xfactor and Sugar Apple, the Ray Duffy Memorial has also attracted in-form pacers Golden Lode and Prince Of Pleasure.
