Talented Tasmanian harness racing owner-trainer Matthew Dwyer has always had an opinion of The Majority and on Sunday night the gelding indicated he could be in for a successful summer with an emphatic win in the $10,000 Doug Martin Danbury Park Cup at the UBET Racing Centre in Launceston.
Driver Mark Yole was content for his charge to face the breeze for most of the 2698m journey and when he called on the gelding for the supreme effort turning for home he forged clear of the leader Truly Blissful.
The Majority ($14.20) quickly established a winning break and had enough in reserve to stave off determined challenges to score by 3.5 metres from the well-backed Outback Mach ($2.40fav) with rank outsider Call The Marshall running on well for third and only a head astern.
Dwyer will aim The Majority at the Hobart Pacing Cup and Devonport Cup with both of those events playing to The Majority's strength.
"He is a very good stayer so it's a case of the longer the race the better for this horse," Dwyer said.
''The horse is starting to get a bit of his speed back now, but he's always been able to stay, so the 3000 metres of the Devonport Cup will suit him perfectly,'' Dwyer said.
"He also likes standing starts because he's a very good beginner,'' he said.