In a night of upsets, Kysaiah – named after classy AFL Demons small forward Kysaiah Pickett – kicked a massive ‘goal’ in a heat of tonight’s Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup (520m).

Trained at Devon Meadows by Carly Feltham, Kysaiah ($5.80) proved too elusive, scoring by 6.8L, in a flying 29.75sec – just under 4L off the 29.52sec track record, set by Fernando Express on July 27, 2018.

Kysaiah notched his 13^th win from 24 starts. He’s now unbeaten in five starts from Box 7.

Other highlights to emerge from Friday night’s heats included:

• Evergreen ‘country cups king’ Yozo Bale ($2.50F) provided Anakie’s Correy Grenfell with a two-pronged challenge in the final with a courageous win over recent G2 Shepparton Cup winner Substantial ($2.80). Incredibly, Yozo Bale – a dual G2 country cups winner – was runner-up in last year’s Geelong Gold Cup and finished eighth in the 2020 event.
• Roughie Emani Bale ($37.20) – prepared at Avalon by former pro wrestler Daniel Gibbons – came with a barnstorming finish to score a blowout win. A $201 bolter on TAB’s ‘All In’ market, she broke Mount Gambier’s 732m track record, clocking 43.10sec, last Sunday.
• Reserve runner Winnington Bale ($24.30) – trained by Gibbons’ wife, Rebecca – caused a massive boilover running down last week’s G2 Ballarat Cup winner (and $5.50 equal nominal Geelong Gold Cup favourite) Compliance ($1.70F). Winnington Bale was a $301 rank outsider in ‘All In’ betting.
• Unathi Bale ($11.60) – also prepared by Grenfell – held off dual G1 finalist Titan Blazer ($4.40), also in the Gibbons kennel, in 30.04sec. Unathi Bale was at a $101 pre-post quote.