The pace is on for the 55th running of Maitland's time-honoured Inter City Pace with Our Triple Play setting a track record in his heat win on Saturday night.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The four-year-old stallion from New Zealand finished ahead of Jim Bate’s Megs Monaro and Clayton Harmey’s Apollo Thirteen, with Jame’s Rando’s Quick Income the fastest qualifying fourth-placed horse from the three heats.
Our Triple Play’s trainer-driver Brad Hewitt set up a family showdown in the final after Bernie Hewitt won the first heat with Royal Story.
Royal Story finished ahead of Mark Jones’ Delightful Memphis and James Rando’s The Times A Changing.
KerryAnn Turner’s four-year-old NZ gelding I Am Serengeti won the final heat from Clayton Harmey’s Jimmy The Editor and Ellalong trainer-driver Michael Formosa’s Mondooley Heaven.
Formosa and Bates are the only former winners with horses in the final.
The first three place-getters in each heat and the fastest fourth-placed horse qualified for the 10-horse final on Saturday, December 30.
