DEMON DELIVERA DOES IT AGAIN

By Graham Potter | Thursday, March 28, 2024

Demon Delivera showed he is well and truly back on the warpath when he claimed a second successive win in BM60 Handicap over 1300m at Toowoomba on March 28.

The four-year-old son of Deep Field has signalled a return to form in his previous start where he won second up at Toowoomba when stepping the distance test up from 1200m to 1300m ... and, over the same track and distance, he would again make no mistake when trouncing his rivals by a clearcut 3.80 lengths to record a fourth career win from only twelve starts.

In his previous win Demon Delivera had carried 54kg with Karl Zechner in the saddle. Here he was set to carry 60kg and the Geran team elected to lesson that burden by using the 1.5kg claiming apprentice Jai Williams for the ride.

Jumping from the number seven barrier draw, Williams had to exercise some patience early on when Demon Delivera was held wide. Williams eventually settled his mount just worse than midfield, two wide, as the field went down the back straight.

Demon Delivera was up to midfield in the sweep to the home turn in sixth and then fifth place, and Williams then had no option to push forward, even wider, towards the leading line.

Demon Delivera had to do work, but he was up for the task as he made ground out four wide approaching the home turn and, in spite of having had a tough run, he sustained his run to hit the lead early in the straight and then power away to an emphatic victory ... with it basically being daylight back to second place.

The previous win had indicated a welcome return to form for Demon Delivera who had shown good promise early in his career. Claiming back-to-back wins here was welcome confirmation that, after a lull, Demon Delivera’s career is certainly back on track.

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