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<\/p>\nEMERGING trotter Hesallmuscle returned from a short spell in impressive fashion at Melton on Saturday night when he took out the Aldebaran Park Trot.<\/p>\n
Sent out a $1.50 favorite, Hesallmuscle was given time to balance up by Mark Pitt before working around the field to assume control with 1600 metres to travel.<\/p>\n
The five-year-old always had the race in his keeping, reeling off a slick 27.7 final quarter while cruising to the line to score by 10 metres from Hephaestus Phoenix in a mile rate of 1:57.3.<\/p>\n
Pitt said he allowed Hesallmuscle time to find his feet from a wide front row draw.<\/p>\n
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“There was a bit of speed under him, so I thought I’d let him work off the gate and bully his way to the front and that’s sort of how it worked out,” Pitt said.<\/p>\n
“He got a good trip after that and he travelled really well throughout the race, and it was a pretty nice field to meet first-up.”<\/p>\n
Pitt said he was confident of victory during the pre-race preliminary.<\/p>\n
“Obviously he’s had his few little issues along the way, but he feels really strong now and he warmed up well tonight as he can be a bit scratchy,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s a good sign that he’s going to have a good campaign.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EMERGING trotter Hesallmuscle returned from a short spell in impressive fashion at Melton on Saturday night when he took out the Aldebaran Park Trot. Sent out a $1.50 favorite, Hesallmuscle was given time to balance up by Mark Pitt before working around the field to assume control with 1600 metres to travel. The five-year-old always […]<\/p>\n