Dullard Cup triumph

The Breckon Farms’ bred square-gaiter Lovemto (What The Hill-Love Ya Doosie) notched his third Group success when he overcame a difficult barrier draw and a wide passage to down a top field in the Group 3 $30,000 V. L. Dullard Cup at Melton last Saturday night.

The six-year-old gelding rated a slick 1:57.6 over 2240 metres with the last 800 in a sizzling 56.8 seconds.

It was his 12th victory and improved his stake tally to $268,624.

Promising three-year-old Imon (Vincent-Rozelski) earned a new speed badge of 1:52.6 when he posted his third win at Wagga on Friday.

The Breckon Farms’ bred Bamm Bamm (Tall Dark Stranger-Bubbled Up) came within a length of winning the Listed $200,000 Harness Million for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings and Eyes Wide Open (What The Hill-Elish Aimee) was beaten in a photo finish in the Listed $75,000 Harness Million for two-year-old trotters at the Premier meeting at
Addington.

In North America, the Breckon Farms’ bred and raised Vettel (American Ideal-Talks To Angels) and Ragnar Lothbrok (Art Major-Sem’s Delight) won in 1:51.8 and 1:52 at Hoosier Park, Indiana and Yonkers Raceway, New York respectively.

By Peter Wharton