Victory in tomorrow night’s Bacchus Marsh Harness Racing Club Committee Trotters Cup Final would be a truly special result for veteran horseman Robert Young.
The 75-year-old president of the Bacchus Marsh Harness Racing Club owns and trains the wayward-yet-talented Scar, and will be in the driver’s seat when he tackles the $10,000 feature at Melton Entertainment Park.
“It would be very, very important,” Young said of a potential win on Friday night. “I’ve been part of the club since it was inaugurated in 1975-76.”
Young purchased the son of Danny Bouchea from the Murphy family a few months ago and has won three races with the five-year-old since August. He galloped in both heats of the Bacchus Marsh Harness Racing Club Committee Trotters Cup at Geelong and Ballarat, and will start from gate two in tomorrow night’s 2240m assignment.
“David (Muphy) rang me and said he was going to advertise this horse, and he knew that I was looking for one. Ginger Gleeson and I are pretty casual about the way we work our horses and he thought he might respond to that bit of TLC,” Young said.
“His history even before I got him was very much that he was hit and miss. He’d go well for two or three starts and then he’d muck up for two or three.
“He’s a bit random like that, but hopefully we’ve got the rubbish out of him this time and he does at least compete.”
Heat winners Noble Count (Dianne Giles) and Ai Sedhai (Kerryn Manning) are drawn in barriers five and eight respectively tomorrow night. Picture Us Rollin, for Team Tindale, and the Gary Murnane-trained Senna Storm won qualifiers of the Bacchus Marsh Farm Supplies Pacing Cup and will battle out the $10,000 final at 8.33pm.