Harness Highlights

By Michael Howard (HRV)

Another horse with big plans that were further justified last Saturday night at Tabcorp Park Melton is Mufasa Metro, who appeared in a class of his own in dominating the City Of Melton Scotch Notch Memorial.

Despite a bit of early speed underneath him from Nephew Of Sonoko and Lunchwitharthur, Mufasa Metro comfortably cruised to the lead and then opened the race up with a 58.3-second last half that saw him shoot clear for a 13-metre win.

“I’m very happy with him, he’s just getting better and better,” trainer/driver John Justice told TrotsVision.

“He’s turning into a complete racehorse. When he first used to get out on to the track he’d want to rip and tear a bit and he’d be pretty keen to go in the warm up, but his last two he’s just jogged around like an old cart horse, he’s just been so relaxed.

“He’s exceeding my expectations. We are going to set the Inter Dominion for him in Queensland, so that will be his main mission this year in December. He may just have one more run and then I think it will be time for him to go out and grow a bit and get a bit stronger.”