John Dunne
An impressive victory by Son of Mac in the Renown Silverware Pace at Melton on Saturday night furthered the case for trainer Kyle Marshall to embark on a trip to Brisbane in the coming weeks.
Sent out as favourite, Son Of Mac settled parked out the leader Oxo Ah Lister before Marshall elected to press on for the front running with 12,000 metres to travel.
Given full rein, Son Of Mac reeled off a 56.7 last 800 metres scoring with authority by five metres from the Julie Douglas trained Jaccka Connor and Clymenus.
Marshall said Son Of Mac became fired up when Carramar Solomona made a mid-race move towards the lead.
“He got quite keen behind the mobile and came out of it a lot better than I expected but he got a bit keen when that horse came around and we had no option but to press forward,” Marshall said.
“He stuck it out and we were lucky enough to get that one cheap quarter and he’s found the line nice, he’s getting fitter and it’s just good to get him back,” he said.
Marshall admitted he was relieved to be back in the winner’s stall with Son Of Mach following the pacer’s past two unplaced efforts at Melton.
“His first start when Chris drove him he went very poor but I put it down to the stable having a virus and last week we had no chance from the back when they went 1:52,” he said.
Marshall said the opportunity to winter in the sun at was on the radar
“I’ll talk to the owners but everything is planned and if we do decide to go we are ready,” he said.
Earlier in the night Chris Alford hinted the Marshall prepared emerging open class pacer Bach wouldn’t be out of place should connections opt to head north for the Queensland Constellations after taking out the opening event.
The son of Bettors Delight enjoyed an economical trip behind Yambukian before Alford pulled into the sprint lane and the five-year-old mustered sufficient momentum to grab Yambukian on the line to get the verdict by a head in slick mile rate of 1:51.7.
