By Tim O’Connor (HRV)<\/p>\n
Hurricane Harley produced a scintillating final 800m to dominate last Saturday night\u2019s Allied Express Casey Classic, with his first Victorian victory in more than two years putting his name forward as a major player in this weekend\u2019s Del-Re National A. G. Hunter Cup at Tabcorp Park Melton.<\/p>\n
The star seven-year-old was only having his second start back for trainer Emma Stewart following a Western Australian campaign and showed he\u2019s still got what it takes to compete at the elite level with a dashing display in the Group 2 feature.<\/p>\n
After being unchallenged through the early stages from barrier one, Mark Pitt released the breaks in the last lap and the flashy bay reeled off closing quarters of 27.0 and 26.7 to record a winning mile rate of 1:54.1.<\/p>\n
He had more than 3m to spare over A Gs White Socks with Myrniong\u2019s Greg Sugars in the sulky, with Torrid Saint third.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe felt amazing tonight. He felt like the old Harley again,\u201d Pitt said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s had those couple of runs now, and if he\u2019s lucky enough to get a run in the Hunter Cup, they\u2019re going to know he\u2019s there for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The win was Hurricane Harley\u2019s 25th in a 55-start career and his first in this state since December 2020.<\/p>\n
He has now collected more than $600,000 in prizemoney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Tim O’Connor (HRV) Hurricane Harley produced a scintillating final 800m to dominate last Saturday night\u2019s Allied Express Casey Classic, with his first Victorian victory in more than two years putting his name forward as a major player in this weekend\u2019s Del-Re National A. G. Hunter Cup at Tabcorp Park Melton. The star seven-year-old was […]<\/p>\n