Stonewall wins Supremacy heat

Bruce Stewart Journalist

Get Seaside Lucky (Downbytheseaside) stamped himself as a strong winning prospect for April’s G2 Southern Supremacy Stakes Final when he took out the first heat of the series at Winton today.

Driver Tim Williams took the Steve and Amanda Telfer trained gelding forward early, before handing up to favourite Stumblin In.

“I wouldn’t have been scared to lead, but it was more about teaching the horse. Last year he had a couple of tough runs because of his lack of ringcraft. Nikita (Burton) does a lot of the driving on him at home and she said this time in he’s learned to be a racehorse. It was good to show him today how to take a trail,” Williams said.

At the top of the straight, Stumblin In and Get Seaside Lucky came away from the pack and in the good tussle to the winning post, Get Seaside Lucky got in the deciding strides and won by half a head with Louies Me Dad five and three quarter lengths back in third.

“He’s matured and learned what he’s doing out there. To be able to run the gate, take a trail and dash up the straight with Regan’s horse - credit to my guy to get the head out and knuckle down where it counted.”

The winning time was 1-56.5 with the last quarter cut out in 26.8.

Last season in a six race campaign, Get Seaside Lucky ran second behind the likes of Incentivise and Freeze Frame. So the class has always been there.

Earlier in the programme the Telfer trained Princess Lisa (American Ideal) driven by Burton narrowly beat Dame West in the Mico Junior Drivers Mobile Pace.