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Herbertson, who was in the sulky for both of Bulletproof Boy’s Bendigo Cup wins, said he was quietly confident approaching the home straight.<\/p>\n
“I was quite happy with how he was travelling throughout and when we got to the 300 (metres) all the good horses were being tapped up and Bullet was still cruising along and happy to be there,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It felt really easy for him and I’m just over the moon for the horse.”<\/p>\n
Bulletproof Boy, by Art Official out of My Riviera Girl, put his connections in contention for a $1 million bonus.<\/p>\n
He will need to win another three legs of the Summer of Glory series, including the $250,000 Group 1 A.G. Hunter Cup at Melton on 15 February.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, for all his stunning performances, Bulletproof Boy is yet to win a Group 1 race \u2013 and a delighted Ewen admitted to having a slight concern over his race fitness before the race.<\/p>\n
“I was a bit worried that it was three weeks since he’d had a run but I gave him a couple of runs this week and a canter on Thursday and he just went sensational,” he said.<\/p>\n
Bulletproof Boy’s stunning defeat of Group 1 Victoria and New Zealand Cups winner Kingman was on a par with his shock victory at odds of 70-1 over Leap To Fame in the Smoken Up Sprint at Melton last October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BULLETPROOF Boy lived up to his name, unleashing an impregnable performance to claim back-to-back Group 2 Bendigo Pacing Cup wins for Cranbourne trainer Scott Ewen at Melton Entertainment Park last Saturday night. Brilliantly driven by James Herbertson, the evergreen 11-year-old upset his more fancied rivals, including pacing sensation Kingman ($2.10 favourite), Petracca ($4.20) and Hi […]<\/p>\n