By Jonny Turner
The Williamsons rolled into Cromwell over the weekend and the results were rather familiar.
Brad Williamson’s winning double yesterday added to the incredible success his family have enjoyed at the Central Otago venue which is something of a home away from home for them.
Brad kicked Sunday’s meeting off in style with Isobel running to an impressive debut victory in Race 1, the Central Otago Motor Group Trot.
The three-year-old trialled impressively ahead of her first start and she produced a faultless trotting display under the pressure of race day.
“She was quite impressive, I was pretty pleased with her.”
“The way she went today we might be able to aim her at some of the three-year-old fillies races and see whether she can step up to that level.”
“She has come a long way this prep, so she will have a bit of a freshen-up now.”
“She is a horse with a bit of a future.”
Kracka Looka has been making up for lost time this preparation and that continued with her dead-heat victory along with Miles Away in the Night ‘N Day Cromwell Trot.
The mare started her career with a bang, winning her debut as a two-year-old before going on to race at Group 1 level.
But Kracka Looka was limited to just one start as a three-year-old.
“She won first up at Ashburton and looked quite promising early on.”
“But the further she went on the wheels sort of fell off.”
“She had a bit of a breathing issue so we got that sorted and she is back on track now.”
“She went really well today, she didn’t get too many favours but to get the dead-heat was good.”
Yesterday’s victory was Kracka Looka’s second in just three starts back from her time away from racing.
Williamson said he plans to continue to race the mare in the grades as autumn approaches.
“She should only keep getting better with more racing.”
Phil Williamson got in on the winning action at Cromwell with Jimmy Carter taking out yesterday’s feature trot, the Anderson Park Motel Handicap Trot.
The veteran prevailed in a close finish with his stablemate Practical Magic, who ran to her fifth consecutive second placing.
Williamson admitted before yesterday’s meeting Jimmy Carter produced a fair effort by his normal standards at Cromwell on Friday and he wasn’t exactly sure of what to expect from the horse on Sunday.
But the trotter bounced back to his best form with the aid of a sweet trip in the trail found by driver John Morrison.
Nathan Williamson was also among the winners at Cromwell yesterday, with Adamas breaking his maiden in Race 4, the Shannon Farm Mobile Pace.
