3yo Loorim Lake having his first start for the Stewart stable was backed from $51 to $6.50 Fixed at Melton tonight
He pulled 3 wide without cover down the back before proving too strong for Group class 3yo's
He ran that last half in around 54 secs.
It was probably the best track he has been on but before that his fastest last half was probably when he got second in his 3rd ever start 14mths ago and came home in around 58 secs on the fence at Wagga (which has a Tk Rec of 1.52.3 so is a good track)
He had to come out 3w because they had not gone hard early and he would have been pocketed but they still rated 1.55.2 for the 2240m. It wasn't the time however, it was the way he did it

He had had more starts than any other in the field
He had 20 Riverina starts for Stephen Maguire with plenty of placings but only winning the last of those starts some 3 months ago
Maguire then sold him to Mildura where he took a couple of starts before hitting his straps and winning 5 in a row for Andrew Vozlic between July 23 and Sept 4 so he has been in the Stewart stable for a maximum of 3wks

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...20#MXM26092005

Then in the next I Cast No Shadow came from a mile off them and wide at the 550m to impress (and do what he had been suggesting he would soon enough)

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...20#MXM26092003