Warrior Mac produced a harness racing career best effort to score a last-stride win in a C1 Pace over 1609 metres in Hobart on Friday night.
The Ben Rossendell-trained seven-year-old unleashed a powerful finishing burst from last to grab Frankie Falzoni right on the line.
Warrior Mac was driven by Justin Howlett so it would have been an interesting conversation on the drive home as his younger brother Matthew Howlett was aboard the runner-up that looked home for all money 50 metres from the line
To rub more salt into the wound, the runner-up is trained by their father Chris Howlett.
Warrior Mac (McArdle-Lady Lisa) has been in great form this time in with this latest victory his third from his past five starts.
The gelding notched his fist win of the season at Carrick on December 27 scoring narrowly in C1 event over 2150 metres and at his subsequent start he broke two minutes clocking a mile rate of 1,59.8 in winning a C2 in Hobart over 2090 metres
But this latest win was clearly his most impressive as he led and shrugged off all challengers to go on and score by six metres and record a personal best mile rate of 1.58.7 over the 1609-metre trip.
Peter Staples