Former Tasmanian Derby winner Mister Lennox broke the harness racing track record in Launceston on Sunday night when he flashed home to win the $10,000 Golden Mile over 1680 metres.
The Juanita McKenzie-trained gelding emerged from the pack to chase down tear away leader I Am Camelot to score by two metres clocking a mile rate of 1.54.5 that set a new benchmark for open class pacers.
It eclipsed the previous best of 1.55 set by Queens Advocate, also trained by McKenzie, in February last year.
It made it back-to-back Golden Miles for the five-year-old gelding that was dispatched to top NSW trainer Paul Fitzpatrick after winning last year's Golden Mile however he was unplaced from five starts.
McKenzie said Mister Lenox could soon head to Melbourne with the hope of winning an M0 event at Melton.
It was one of five winners in succession for Hillier who captured races 5-9 for what was a personal best haul.
Hillier has driven four winners on a program a few times, according to the popular reinsman, but this is his first quintet of winners.
His winners were Mister Lennox, Chirac, Rocknroll Turbo, Chenin Valley and Lord Jones.
Two of the wins were aboard horses he trains, Rocknroll Turbo and Chenin Valley, while the others were for individual trainers.
To highlight his popularity, Hillier had a drive in every race on the 10-event card.
Peter Staples