Victorian harness racing pacer Mighty Flying Mac tuned up for this Sunday's $40,000 Easter Cup with an effortless all-the-way win in the Degree C Quality over 1930 metres at the Devonport Showground in Tasmania on Sunday night.
The Brent Lilley-trained gelding started from the pole position and once he was able to hold the lead to the first turn the end result was never in doubt.
It was an effortless win and one that his driver Adrian Duggan expected.
"On his recent form and the class of horses he had been racing against he was always going to be hard to beat once he led around Devonport," Duggan said.
Duggan is caretaker trainer of the Mighty Flying Mac while he is campaigning in Tasmania and he will no doubt be sorry to see the Mach Three gelding leave his Brighton stables.
"It's good to have a horse of his caliber in the stable. He's not a hard horse to train and if he takes his present form into Sunday's race he'll be very competitive.
"He had a good blow after his run in the Easter Cup heat last Friday week, and he wouldn't have blown a candle out after his Devonport win so he should be spot on for Sunday's Easter Cup Final."
Duggan drove the Mighty Flying Mac in his two Tasmanian starts but he won't be able to take the sit in the Easter Cup because he has his own horse Poker Storm engaged.
"I've got to driver Poker Storm so it will either be my brother Ricky Duggan who'll take the drive or if his son Josh (Duggan) isn't required for drives in Victoria that night he'll most likely make the trip to drive the horse."
Peter Staples