A lot of of the harness racing pundits looking at today's Westport Cup were convinced that those off the back marks would find it difficult to win the race due to the leader bias of the Paterson Park track.
It is a good thing Cullect A Guinness can't read as the lone back marker on 30 metres turned in an outstanding staying performance to take this years Westport Cup.
John Dunn settled the big son of Gotta Go Cullect well back in the field early before getting on the three wide line and working himself into the one by one with just over a lap to run.
Coming out on the point of the turn, Cullect A Guinness dashed clear and while a couple closed late, he never looking in danger of being beaten.
Cullect A Guinness paced the 3200 metres on grass in 4:11.8 with closing sectionals of 61.3 and 29.5.
It was Cullect A Guinness's seventh win at just his fourteenth start and took his earnings over the $50,000 mark.
John Dunn was impressed with the performance.
“This horse never fails to impress this time in.”
“He won his first race two and a half years ago but then broke down.”
“We gave him plenty of time to get over his problems but when we brought him back in he looked terrible so we turned him out again.”
“This time in he has just gone from strength to strength”
“I got a nice drag around to get handy but when I pulled him out he just went straight past them.”
“I may have been a bit hard on him in the straight as he was running away from them at the line”
“He has just absolutely bolted in,” John said.
One thing that has been noticeable all this campaign has been the tendancy of Cullect A Guinness to get his head around at right angles during the running.
“He won't accept any gear to straighten him up so it is just something you have to put up with,” John said.
It is Murphy's law that as soon a stallion dies or is withdrawn from service that his progency excel on the track.
With Gotta Go Cullect back in work with Jay Abernethy, it shouldn't be a surprise that Cullect A Guinness is on the rampage through the grades.
Cullect A Guinness
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