Harness Highlights

Brilliant mare Queen Elida impressed at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday 15 April, who overcome a significant deficit to Ultimate Stride to produce a stunning 12-metre win that even surprised her reinsman Chris Alford.
“A little bit unexpected,” he said. “Talking to (trainer Brent Lilley) during the day, he thought she’d need the run tonight but she would’ve run a cracking half then. Just didn’t think she’d get anywhere near the leader actually.”
She was giving Ultimate Stride five lengths after they settled into single file but stormed home in a 27.4-second third quarter and 28.06-second final quarter for a stunning 55.45-second last half, almost two seconds quicker than any of her rivals.
“She was super tonight. At the half I thought we are not going to get anywhere near this leader but I better slide up and have a look, and as soon as she got up there she said I’m not dropping in behind it, I want to keep going.”

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Emma Stewart produced a double on the night, with Our Vinnie (Mark Pitt) and Beach Life (Kerryn Manning) both scoring, while Chris Lang kicked off the night with a win with Dontouch The Duco and trainers Joe Pace (Justalittlesip) and Greg Fleming (Letsgobro) had their horses continue their winning runs. The night then closed with Musztang returning to form with a win over the sprint, the second of two 1200-metre wins on the night.