Hez The One turned on an awesome display to capture the Burnie Cup on Sunday night at the Wivenhoe Showgrounds.
When trainer-driver Mark Yole reached for the 'go' button he must have felt like the ballistic missile defence operator in Hawaii over the weekend because instead of hitting the green button he's flicked the red and lit up Hez The One's afterburners.
Hez The One accelerated with such electrifying speed that the six-year-old came from near last turning into the back at the 400-metre mark to explode to the lead in just the distance of the back straight.
I can't remember a harness race that changed complexion as quickly as the Cup, one minute there were four to five winning hopes, two seconds later there was only one.
Mark Yole snapped up the Jeremes Jet - Summer Fairytale six-year-old gelding out of a claiming event at Globe Derby in December and was having its third run in the state after unplaced runs at St Marys and Scottsdale.
Hez The One well and truly lived up to its name early in its career dominating its South Australian two-year-old season winning eight of its first nine starts including its heat and semi-final of the Southern Cross Series before a sensational 7.7-metre victory in the $60,000 Final.
He's The One boasts a record of 20 wins and 19 placings from 62 career starts and on it's Cup run performance there may well be many more wins to come.
The Allister Woods trained track specialist Laughyourheadoff came out of the pack late to challenge in the home straight but the winner was still powering to the post.
Woods fired in a protest against the winner for alleged interference in the straight claiming the Hez The One had drifted up the track but stewards dismissed the objection and the placings stood with Kvitova Leis third.
Short-priced favourite Full Speed Ahead lost all chance when galloping in the early stages of the 2789-metre event.
The Craig Hayes Trained and driven Jeanette Barry broke through for a well-deserved victory in the Somerset Hotel Thorate Incentive.
The Sportswriter - Gallavance three-year-old filly ran third to Ideal Bliss in the Evicus Final last season and finally cracked its maiden status with an all the way victory.
