Lightly raced four year old Sequalo gelding Sorisam won impressively today at Ballarat. The chopped up track seemed to be favouring the on pacers. Yet Sorisam found himself toward the rear in the 1000 metre 0-68 handicap at the turn. Upon straightening he quickened for Mark Zahra and found the line three quarters of a length ahead of his closest rivals, Kiwi Cat and Cosmic Bolt who dead heated for second – both last start winners.
“I thought he would be a bit closer in running” said trainer Ricky Maund after the race, “but the tempo in the race was fairly quick. This fella keeps stepping up – he may be a good horse”.
His debut was at Mornington last November, where he got back from a wide gate and closed late to claim fourth spot. He won his next two at Stony Creek and Bairnsdale and was then turned out. Today,
was his first start after a thirteen week break. He has now won three times from only four starts.
