Kyle Marshall unearthed another above average young pacer after Smoken Ace maintained his unbeaten career record in the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace at Ballarat tonight.
The winner of his only three racetrack outings, Smoken Ace ($2.90) was considered the only danger to the Emma Stewart trained Kingman, who was installed the $1.45 favorite in the small, five-horse field.
Smoken Ace’s task was made easier when Kingman galloped out at the start, losing all winning hope, while Smoken Ace speared across to find the lead from a wide front row draw.
From there he produced a comfortable win and Marshall revealed the youngster was yet to be tested.
“He’s never really been pressured or pushed in his training or his racing, tonight we left the earplugs out and put the blind on,” Marshall said.
He believed the son of Sportswriter had further improvement to be rolled out in the next 12 months.
“I think that you will see the best of this horse in a year or so as a three-year-old,” he said.
“At the moment he’s just running on raw ability and he’s got a big future I believe.”
The previous night at Melton the ex-New Zealand horseman partnered Victoria Derby aspirant Son Of Mac to an impressive all the way win at Melton maintaining a picket fence form line of four consecutive wins.
