Timmy gives another hint of what’s to come

By Tim O’Connor (HRV)

David Moran has plenty of special memories with the progeny of sire Modern Art and he looks set to make many more if the early-season form of gun juvenile Timmy Rictor is anything to go by.

Moran was at the controls on Saturday night at Tabcorp Park Melton as the young pacer scored a brilliant win in the Prydes EasiFeed 2YO Pace. He led easily from barrier six, controlled things at the head of affairs and then dashed home in a sizzling 26.9sec final quarter to beat Dee Roe by nearly 20m.

“He honestly done it in second gear,” Moran said after the 1:54.2 triumph.

“He was absolutely jogging. There’s not a lot of times you can go to the wire in a 26.9sec quarter and you’ve got a pretty strong hold on them.”

An amazingly cheap $7000 buy, Moran said the bay colt was a “ready-made” two-year-old pacer.

“I’ve always found the Modern Arts, they do seem to get better with a bit of age so if he’s got improvement in him, it’s quite promising,” he said.

The horse is out of a mare by the name of Bettors Package, who before Timmy Rictor had only produced the modestly-performed Moreartsthanclass, Shoobee Gotcha and Shoobees Spirit.

Timmy Rictor won his debut start in a heat of the Bathurst Gold Crown and produced a big run for second in the Group 1 final during March before Saturday night’s result at Melton.

Moran trained and drove another son of Modern Art, the great Lochinvar Art, during a glorious period through 2018 and 2022, picking up multiple Group 1 wins and two Victorian Horse of the Year titles along the way.