PATIENCE and tender loving care has paid dividends for Crescent Glory a brilliant winner of the Barastoc Terang Trotters’ Cup on Saturday night.
The eight-year-old gelding was off the scene for nearly 18 months with a chronic leg injury and it wasn’t until six months ago he resumed racing.
And for Camperdown owner Len Fahey and his son-in-law John Meade winning the prestigious trotters’ cup was most satisfying.
“This is a wonderful thrill,” Fahey said.
“I’ve been in harness racing for over three decades and tonight’s win is one of the most rewarding.
“We didn’t think the horse would ever get back on the track and win such an important race after being so long recuperating.
“John has worked wonders with him.”
Crescent Glory has now won 14 races from 68 race starts and has amassed over $128,000 in prize money.
In the trotters’ cup, Crescent Glory ($2.90 fav) went straight to the front off the standing start and was never headed.
Fahey said his son-in-law was the usual driver but had opted for Kerryn Manning to take the reins for the interdominion series that had just concluded.
“Crescent Glory found the opposition tough in these races but its fitness level had improved greatly,” Fahey said.
“Kerryn is a brilliant driver with over 3000 driving successes throughout her career and don’t forget she has won three previous trotting cups at Terang.”
Fahey said Crescent Glory came from a long line of breeding mares he had raced.
“I’ve bred her mother and grandmother, they have been wonderful stock,” he said.
In making the presentation to the winning connections, member for Polwarth and Transport Minister Terry Mulder told of a government commitment to the harness club.
“Our government has committed $17,000 towards a watering system for the track,” he said.