The Player Back in the Game at Hastings

Saturday, 14 September 2002 00:00

The Player made a brilliant comeback to racing when he overcame the outside barrier draw to win the Hakes Bay Today Premier, opening event at Hastings today.

This time last year the O'Reilly gelding looked one of the country's most promising young gallopers when he finished second in the Hawke's Bay Guineas. But after finishing unplaced in the Great Northern Guineas he had to be put aside with leg problems.

A long spell obviously did the trick as today The Player, who races in the colours of Steve McCollam's Augusta Bloodstock, was completly dominant.

Lance O'Sullivan put him in a handy position outside the pace, from where the big brown quickly asserted himself for a comfortable win.

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