More delight after major triumph

By Tim O’Connor (HRV)

Major Delight once again showed her greatness with an outstanding performance to defend her Breeders Crown title at Melton last Saturday night.

The star daughter of Bettors Delight completed a clean sweep of the pacing finals for trainer Emma Stewart, when she sat parked to stablemate Joyful and charged clear of her in the home straight to win the showdown for three-year-old fillies.

Mark Pitt has been the horse’s driver throughout her 19 career starts and struggled to add any more superlatives to the Major Delight conversation.

“She ticks all the boxes, and I can’t praise her any more than what she’s been praised,” Pitt said.

“She can be very tricky and very unpredictable with the way she races, but she raced super tonight and when it was time to go, she meant business.

“I just think the better horses she races, the better she will race herself too. I can’t wait for her to come back and bring on the next season with her.”

Major Delight has drawn comparisons to Ladies In Red for her amazing two and three-year-old seasons, and actually has a better career record than the millionaire mare after their back-to-back Breeders Crown triumphs.

Owner-breeder Peter Gleeson’s pacer has now won 16 races, four Group 1s and almost $600,000 in prizemoney as she heads for a well-earned break.