Gunnedah harness identities Mick and Debbie Finlay celebrated their first winner in seven years at the Tamworth Paceway on Friday night when Eurasian Muscle took out the Brewfest Craft Beer & Food Festival @ Scully Park November 17 Pace.
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The five-year-old gelding - who is trained by Tony Missen in Tamworth, notched his first career win at his fifth race start.
Reinsman Mitch Faulkner knew that Eurasian Muscle would have plenty in reserve in his race.
“After his run last week, he showed me then he was tough and could do a bit of work,” he said.
Eurasian Muscle came into the race off a last start third to Too Good For You from the Weidemann stables at Tamworth.
“He went super last week racing out in the breeze but this week he had to work up around them (field) and he proved he is a tough little horse,” Faulkner said.
Immortal Glory (Dean Chapple) led the field with Eurasian Muscle three back on the inside running line.
“We got him off the fence with a lap to go and he did it easy – he outstayed them,” he said.
He added that he thinks “there is a lot of improvement in him”.
“I like driving him – it’s seven years since Mick and Deb (Finlay) got a winner so it was good for them,” he said.
The Finlay’s last winner was Frostbitten back in January 2011 at Muswellbrook and driven by now gallops trainer Sally Torrens.
After a “ding dong” battle with Queensland pacer Emargee (Ricky Gordon) down the home straight Eurasian Muscle held a 1.8m win over Emargee and Seventhirtyseven (Sam Ison) a further 3m away third.
