A WEEK after trainer Nathan Hurst celebrated one of the quickest winning mile rates ever clocked at the Bathurst Paceway, he will return in search of more success.
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Last Wednesday night Hurst’s stable star Saloon Passage, with Anglea Hedges in the gig, flew to victory in his 1,730 meters race. The six-year-old clocked a 1:53.7 winning mile rate, with his opening sectional covered in a scorching 27.6 seconds.
“I wasn’t really surprised, he’s probably been running around that sort of mark, not quiet as quick, but not too far off it. He’s been beaten in some fast times as well,” Hurst said.
While Hurst has no qualms in rating Saloon Passage “the best horse we’ve had”, this Wednesday night at the Bathurst Paceway he has another runner worth watching.
Three-year-old gelding Tulhurst Santanna will line up in the Bathurst Batteries Pace (1,730m).
“I think he has matured since we turned him in as a two-year-old,” he said.
