Hat trick for Angel
Tough mare Angel Of Arts, who was bred and reared at Benstud Standardbreds, made it three for three this season when she outstayed her opposition in a heat of the Provincial Pace at Maryborough on Friday afternoon (December 21).
Trapped three-wide for the first 600 metres, the four-year-old was obliged to sit parked for the remainder of the 2190 metres trip but dug deep in the closing stages to prevail by half a neck.
The mile was 1:57.7 with the last 800 in a slick 1:56.5.
Out of the noted producer Arty Alice NZ, Angel Of Arts has won four races and $81,680 in stakes.
Congratulations to Brendan and Anne James and Michael Stanley.
By Peter Wharton