Fangio bound for metro campaign after dominant Ladies Bracelet win

Rising galloper Fangio made another big statement when she produced a sensational victory in the the $35,000 Pelicans Ladies Bracelet (1600m) at Percy Spencer Racecourse on Sunday. The highly promising mare showed she has plenty of upside after her arrogant 3.2-length victory to hand in-form Albany trainer Roy Rogers his first win in the fillies and mares feature race. Fangio has now won her last four starts and has beaten her rivals by more than 11 lengths combined at her past three runs. The five-year-old jumped a hot $1.60 favourite on the tote and settled towards the rear, sweeping around the field turning for home and charging home down the centre of the track. Fangio cruised past her rivals with 200m to run and and drew clear to win by 3¼ lengths for jockey Chris Parnham. Sassational finished strongly to grab second place and Albany runner Our Pandemonium stepped up from maiden company to fill third. Rogers said he would take Fangio, a winner at five of her 10 career starts, to the city. “She will go to town now; it was either today or go to town and I elected to stay and the owners were happy to stay. “She will get too much weight down here anyway. “I think she will go to town and be competitive. “I’m not going to get too carried away, and you can win five or six races down here and still struggle to win in town. “I was really confident she could get the job done, especially with Chris Parnham aboard. “It’s always nice to win these little feature races and to do it with a rising galloper.” Rogers continued his hot form this season, training five of the seven winners on the program and said he had some initial plans for Fangio. “I’m not sure if she has three more races left in her this preparation but this program looks ideal,” he said. “A 66+ 1600m race on February 27, then a 72+ 1600m race on March 20, followed by a $100,000 listed race on April 2. “She will then have a short let-up after that.”