Because you are going to hear a lot more of it.
Sirlou is a pacer trained by Tatura horseman Craig Turnbull and driven by his daughter Abbey, who humbled his rivals in the $15,000 Jim Phillips Memorial Cobram Pacing Cup on Monday to retain his unbeaten status and give his already glowing reputation a bit more lustre.
A just turned four-year-old son of boom sire Sweet Lou, Sirlou is unbeaten after four starts.
Monday was a huge step up in class but Sirlou handled it with the aplomb of a seasoned veteran, parked outside the pacemaker On The Hunt for most of the 2170m trip and drawing clear untouched in the home straight to beat the Steve O’Donoghue-trained and Bec Bartley-driven Big Bad Aussie, with the Donna Castles-trained and -driven gelding Lils Nightmare filling the minor placing.
The David Moran-trained and -driven pacemaker On The Hunt faded to finish sixth.
Sirlou, who is owned by Shepparton businessman Trevor Cotterell and family, rated a respectable 1.59.9 for the 2170m trip, with final sectionals of 28.9 and 28.6 too quick for his rivals on a damp track.
Sirlou won his first three races by a combined total of nearly 50 metres to announce he was a pacer with a lot of ability, and Monday’s win more than confirmed that.
• It was a good day for Goulburn Valley trainers at Cobram, with Shepparton’s Steve Boyington producing the talented Kings Guard to win the other feature, the $15,000 Central Murray Credit Union Trotters Cup.
Like Sirlou, Kings Guard had to earn his win, the eighth of his 24-race career, racing the last 1200m of the 2670m marathon outside the second favourite and pacemaker Hephaestus Phoenix and drawing clear in the home straight to beat the fast-finishing Brandlo Prince and the Donna Castles-driven Berriesandcherries.
The win completed successive wins for Kings Guard, a six-year-old gelding by Love You, who had won at his previous start at Bendigo.
The six-race program at Cobram produced six district-trained winners.
Bunbartha trainer driver Jeremy Quinlan set the mood in the opening race when he scored with Crafty Old Fox, who accounted for the two favourites, Dallas Charlie and Beryls Grin, with a strong sprint-lane finish.
Then Shepparton horsewoman Tasmyn Potter drove the Greg Norman-trained Direct Command to victory before completing a driving double on the Mick Watt-prepared Rocket Me in the final event.
Sandwiched between these winners was Shepparton horseman Cameron Maggs, who won on trotter Straight To Thetop with a daring front-running drive.
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