Perfect Weapon (3y br g Canny Lad x Shamsie) was able to post his first metropolitan win on Friday night. The win at Canterbury on the 22nd February 2013 was a strong win and he never looked in doubt, further demonstrated by the confident ride of Peter Robl
The Weapon though still maturing has shown he is very keen to be a racehorse – evident by his consistency in running a place every start this prep. He has had 5 starts for 3 wins and 2 seconds this time in.
Today he was able to jump well from barrier 3 and he was always able to be travelling in a comfortable position until the turn. He was then able to work strongly to the line and was never threatened.
He defeated the favourite Kingdoms
He won at the the healthy odds offered of $11.00
