Cranbourne Harness Racing Club.
Born To Rocknroll notched his third career win last night in the third heat of the Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series for two-year-old colts and geldings at Cranbourne.
The Belinda McCarthy-trained pacer didn’t have to work too hard in the run for the win, leading reinsman Nathan Jack guiding the Rocknroll Hanover/Aston Villa colt through his sectionals comfortably.
Able to lead from barrier one at the 2080-metre start, Born To Rocknroll ambled through a 36.1secs lead time with lone back-row runner Soho Tribeca trailing through on to his back for Chris Alford.
An opening half of 64.5secs ensured the Australian Pacing Gold runner-up of April would have plenty left for a short, sharp sprint at the finish.
The leader went unchallenged through the third quarter also (29.8secs) before being wound up the last 200m, dashing to the line in 28.3secs for a relaxed win.
“He had a good trip,” Jack said.
“He feels very strong. I drove him earlier in his career when he was trained by Danny Thackeray. He’s always shown he should have a good future.”
Soho Tribeca held on for second ahead of Professor Tom (Gavin Lang), who breezed the last lap after making a move three-wide at the bell.
Mar Nien ran fourth for John Justice along the sprint lane from three-pegs.
The winner rated 2:02.8.
Born To Rocknroll joins Apache Shark (Emma Stewart) and Shadow Sax (Peter Tonkin) as heat winners so far in this year’s Vicbred Super Series 2YO males’ division.
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