We here at Breednet have run out of superlatives for Burning Front so we will hand it over to Kristen Manning to cover the chestnut's courageous victory in Saturday's Group III R A Lee Stakes at Morphettville.
What a remarkable achievement by Burning Front to amass in excess of $1.12 million in stakes without ever contesting a Group One race let alone winning one!
A look at the history books suggests that there has never been an Australian flat horse win so much without lining up for a crack at Group One or Magic Millions prize money... making Burning Front a very special horse indeed.
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He is the biggest ever winner of VOBIS prize money, he is the Darren Weir's stable's second most prolific winner and no other horse Australia wide has won as many metropolitan races in 2017.
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"He is just an incredible horse," said Burning Front's understandably proud breeder and owner Justin Lovatt.
"He just keeps giving and the form around him continues to hold up in
After finishing second to Burning Front in January, Hellova Street won three consecutive Listed races.
Second to him in the Gr.3 Carlyon Cup (a race he also won last year) was Humidor who two starts later defeated Jameka in the Australian Cup.
Hard Call was fifth in Burning Front's VOBIS Gold Star victory at Moonee Valley in late January. He won his next three including the Yarra Valley Cup.
Lovatt is hoping Burning Front will make his Group One debut in the not too distant future and he is not sure how his nerves will be, admitting to
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"That's as many races as I won on Weekend Hussler and he was a champion!" Rawiller enthused, adding that Burning Front is "a jockey's dream."
"His biggest asset is that first 50m, he just glides through it. Most horses, if you want to lead, have to be kicked up and then it is very difficult to get them to switch off."
"With Burning Front he does it without any pressure needing to being put on him so he comes back underneath you so easily. He gets straight into gear and then you can control the tempo."
There was a little concern on Saturday with the Morphettville track playing to swoopers, but Rawiller knew he was on the right horse to defy any pattern.
And he was confident all the way down the straight even though "it may have seemed to those watching that Hooked was a chance when he came up on the inside of us."
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"Luke (Nolen) on Hooked said he thought us beat, I told him we were cruising!"
Drawing clear over the final stages to win by 3/4 lengths, Burning Front reinforced Rawiller's already high opinion of the six-year-old who "makes his own luck."
"Is he one of my favourite horses? Absolutely!"
Burning Front is a son of the regally bred Flying Spur stallion Primus, a Gr.3 winning great grandson of Denise's Joy.
For further information on Primus contact Justin Lovatt on 0416 063 873.