Perun in charge to glory

FORMER Victorian galloper Perun delivered a bit of a tonic for his trainer Alana Fulton when he toughed it out to score a courageous win in a maiden class one over 1600m last Sunday.

Perun ($4) settled midfield off a solid tempo set by Berbent, Country Way and Blass Me Father, with the favourite Zuberina camped just off the speed. Zuberina ($3.60) loomed as the winner when he sped around the field to take the lead at the top of the home straight, but she had no answer to Perun’s strength and determination over the final 100m.

Fulton was absent because she was in transit to the Royal Hobart Hospital where she had surgery on her spine which, according to the talented trainer, went well.

“I watched the race on my phone in hospital so that pleased me,” Fulton said. “He’s a very nice horse that I’m sure is going to win better races.

“I had the surgery on Monday and from all reports the operation went well, but it is going to be a rather slow recovery process which is going to frustrate the hell out of me. I’ve got a great team around me, so the stable will keep ticking over but I just love being around the horses and that’s going to be the hard part over the next couple of months.” IN-FORM mare Taramaya delivered arguably a career-best performance to win the Cranes Combined benchmark 76 handicap over 2100m. With a great ride from Siggy Carr, the Scott Brunton-trained mare powered home in the home straight to score by a length from Matiano, with Another Brother two lengths astern.

Taramaya has won two of her past three starts and should have at least another win in her while the Hobart track remains rated heavy.

The Chris Crook and Imogen Miller-trained Qui Samer also appreciated the heavy ground, cruising to an almost five-length win in a class two handicap over 1400m.

Crook said Qui Samer had been unlucky not to win more times this preparation due to the horse finding bad luck in many of his races.

“Many times this prep, Qui Samer has been his own worst enemy in races and that has been costly for all concerned, but today everything went his way and we got the result,” Crook said.

“He loves wet tracks, so we’ll see if there is a suitable race for him at either of the next two meetings in Hobart.”