Major Fire wins at Maryborough on Sunday, January 28, 2024

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Major Fire, driven and trained by Alex Ashwood, wins the Wehla Pace on Wedderburn Cup day at Maryborough on Sunday, January 28, 2024.  Video courtesy of TrotsVision and Harness Racing Victoria

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00:00 Race five. The well of pace and it favored here. Major fire at

00:07 $3.00. Rikiro slam as well in the contention at 310. Number

00:12 eight loving the Chevy at 370. Mobile rolls. First leg of the

00:17 quaddi race five. As they move up. Smooth techie drawn the

00:23 inside. From the pole position had a flat tyre which now got

00:27 replaced and they're all set. Standby. Green lights on and

00:32 away. Rikiro slammer from out wide begins fast. It's looking

00:36 to get across from the widest drawer and Rikiro slammer works

00:40 to the front from interpretation. Major fire now

00:43 is out three wide. It starts to steam forward looking for the

00:47 lead. I think the front might be there and going to the lead

00:50 now was major fire. Rikiro slammer was content to take the

00:54 trail and getting into third spot interpretation. Three back

00:58 the pigs. Facing the breeze was Orby. So she's been left

01:01 without cover. Then came Madam Reactor smooth techie. Loving

01:06 the Chevy second last and last of all was Sassiola. They head

01:10 along the back straight. 20 meters from first to last.

01:13 Maybe twenty-five and major fires taken up the running.

01:17 First up from a break. Leads Rikiro slammer and Orby now

01:21 facing the breeze. Madam Reactor one out one back. Three

01:24 back the inside interpretation from loving the Chevy smooth

01:28 techie and Sassiola as last. Forty-two point nine lead time

01:33 and major fire. He shows the way by Orby. Getting a good

01:37 trip. Leaders back Rikiro slammer. We'll wait the

01:41 Wedderburn Hotel Sprint Lane. It's just racing with its head

01:45 on the side Rikiro slammer. Madam Reactor gets a good trip

01:49 for Michelle Phillips in the one out and one back trail and

01:52 three back the inside came interpretation. Loving the

01:55 Chevy under a tight hold by Chris Alford. Settles third

01:59 last from uh smooth techie and Sassiola will follow loving the

02:03 Chevy up into the race. Thirty point seven first quarter. So

02:06 they're running at a pretty even solid tempo and major fire

02:10 leads two meters to Orby. Rikiro slammer third. Madam

02:14 Reactor interpretation. Loving the Chevy smooth techie.

02:18 Sassiola. No change in the order. Running along the back

02:21 straight now and they have 600 to go and the front runner is

02:25 major fire by a meter and a half to Orby. Rikiro slammer

02:30 third. Madam Reactor interpretation. Loving the

02:32 Chevy. Smooth techie. Sassiola. Still no change. Heading up

02:37 towards the 400. Major fire. Going along okay. Two meters.

02:42 Two Orby sticking on. Rikiro slammer still got something to

02:45 offer them. Madam Reactor and interpretation coming up

02:49 towards a turn. Twenty-eight the third quarter and Ashwood

02:52 stokes up major fire. Has a look to see what Rikiro slammer

02:56 is doing. He tries to kick five six meters. Rikiro slammer now

03:00 comes off its back. It's major fire from Rikiro slammer. He's

03:04 going strong major fire and major fire goes all the way

03:08 scores Rikiro slammer second about 15 meters away third

03:12 interpretation. Orby may have battled on for fourth from

03:15 Madam Reactor loving the Chevy. Then came Sassiola and smooth

03:20 techie. It was very little that happened throughout that race.

03:22 Twenty-seven seven. The final quarter was a fifty-five seven

03:26 last half and a mile rate of 158 three. Major fire number six.

03:33 Too strong. Just slid all the way and had a good trip around

03:37 281 forty-seven Rikiro slammer. One sixty-three interpretation

03:43 around 350. 673 and fourth goes to number four Orby. So 673 and

03:49 four are the numbers. Race time 241. Mile rate 158 three. Last

03:56 mile 158 one. Fifty-five seven was the last half. Fifty-five

04:01 seven. We just stand by for the margins for the race and those

04:05 margins were five meters by fourteen. Five by fourteen on

04:10 the last half. Six seven three and four.

04:15 673 and four the numbers. 6734. 241 the race time. 158 three

04:31 mile rate. 158 one last mile. Fifty-five seven last half.

04:36 Six seven three four. Good effort by Major Fire winning

04:40 first up here today.

04:43 Major Fire a six-year-old by Art Major. It sparks under five.

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