Hector Fawley made his mark on the Dream Chasers Festival before it began after claiming the RSN Silver Bullet tonight at The Meadows.
Last year’s Hume Cup winner overcame early trouble which saw pre-race favourite, Morton take a tumble before the first turn. Morton finished the race and was vetted following the event where no apparent injury was reported.
Hector Fawley stalked down up-and-comer, Vincent Bale to claim his third Group race victory by a nose in a time of 29.99.
Trained and owned by Team Cockerell, who were all on course to celebrate with their big blue star.
Hector Fawley and Morton have rugs in Saturday night Group 1 Topgun. The box draw was conducted on course tonight and saw Hector Fawley draw box four and Morton box 7.
