Gavin Smith’s lightning fast Querari gelding Cruise Control was not sighted by his nine opponents as he went all the way to maintain his consistent form-line and score a popular victory in the R175 000 Fairview Flying Five at the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing HQ on Friday.
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Under Sporting Post rider Louis Mxothwa, Cruise Control registered his tenth win in style (Pic – Pauline Herman)
With racing switched to the poly, it made no difference to Hollywoodbets-sponsored trained Gavin Smith, who knows that the Boland Stud-bred flyer is effective, and very quick, on both surfaces.
Allowed to stride out front in the non black-type 1000m contest by Sporting Post rider Louis Mxothwa, Cruise Control registered his tenth win in the style of a horse with another ten in the tank!
Starting at 4-10, Cruise Control was never in doubt and charged clear to beat Evies First (66-1) and stablemate Ledell’s Echo (66-1). The very smart Cliff Top (6-1) made good ground late, to run fourth.
Cruise Control broke the Fairview 800m track record on debut in December 2021 and has been a great buy for Mauritius based owner Vicky Veeramootoo, who went to R200 000 for him at Nationals.
A Boland Stud-bred son of the outstanding Querari (Oasis Dream), he is out of the Sail From Seattle mare, Eurythmics.
Cruise Control has won 10 races with 2 places from 16 starts for stakes of R692 193.