2017 Bargain Steel Centre SA Sprint Review
2017 BARGAIN STEEL CENTRE SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW
After the dramas of last week where the final was delayed a week due to inclement weather the SA Sprint Championship Final was run last Thursday night at Angle Park. In front of a large and vocal crowd the best sprinters trained in South Australia competed in the listed classic with SA champion Worm Burner again showing his class and picking up another feature event.
The Cameron Butcher trained superstar started a warm favourite however his competition was some of the strongest seen in recent times and “the Worm” would have to be at his best. Drawing the inside box is generally where the champ can come unstuck however he showed good speed on box rise to lead to the first turn. From there it was ultimately times and margins however there was a slight scare when Crisis Bale challenged strongly into the back straight however Worm Burner kicked through and raced away. Crisis Bale and Coorong Kid were up there early however the minor placings were filled by Texas Titan for Nathan Wilson who ran home very powerfully and Run The Jewels for Lauren Harris who continues to run bold races in strong company however they were over 6 lengths away from SA's superstar chaser. Worm Burner recorded a blistering 29.53 for the 515m journey and looks to be right back to his best which not only spells danger for the locals but also any big interstate race the connections wish to take on.
Worm Burner has now won a total of 38 races from his 60 starts including 13 minor placings and prizemoney just over $300,000.