Lang plots feature path for emerging star

Chris Lang knows what a star trotter looks like.

The decorated horseman has trained some of Victoria’s best of the modern era like Sundons Gift, Skyvalley and Let Me Thru, who helped him become the “King of trotting” at the time.

After a hiatus from the game, he’s been back in training ranks and building over the past few years.

Now he’s got another trotter he believes will take him back into the big races in lightly raced four-year-old mare I Am Wilma.

She stormed to prominence with three wins and two seconds from her last five starts in 2025 and then went for a break.

It was the last of those runs, a monstrous second in the Breeders Crown 3YO fillies’ final, which underlined her potential.

I Am Wilma galloped at the start and lost valuable ground before circling the field to take the lead and only being nabbed late.

She returns from a short break in the last race at Melton on Saturday night and then it’s back into feature racing for the Group 3 Need for Speed at the same track a week later.

Despite Lang admitting she needs the run, I Am Wilma should be too classy for her rivals if she does everything right from gate three on Saturday night.

by Adam Hamilton, for Harness Racing Victoria