Bettor’s Delight’s strong entry in Inter Dominion

Woodlands Stud’s siring colossus Bettor’s Delight is poised to leave the winner of a record eighth Inter Dominion Championship when the series gets under way at Albion Park on Saturday. 

The Cam’s Card Shark horse has the largest representation in the series with nine runners – seven pacers and two trotters. 

Leading the charge is the 2023 and 2025 Inter Dominion champion Leap To Fame, the overwhelming favourite for this year’s Championship. 

Besides Leap To Fame, Bettor’s Delight is represented by Max Delight, Oliver Dan, Minos, Speak The Truth, Hector and Who’s Delight and the trotters London To A Brick and Rakero Blaze. 

Bettor’s Delight’s studmate Sweet Lou has six runners in the pacing series in Sweet On Lexy, Cheerstolou, Birkirkara, Amami, Nyack and Dangerous. 

Art Major, the sire of the 2024 Interdom champion Don Hugo, and Captaintreacherous each have four runners. Art Major is represented by Dashing, Tyson, Cya Art and War Dan Buddy, while Captaintreacherous has Captain’s Knock, Captain Ravishing, Path To Greatness and Hot And Treacherous. 

Always B Miki is dually represented by The Janitor and Fighter Command. 

In the trotting series, Majestic Son, the sire of the 2019 Inter Dominion champion Winterfell, and the legendary French sire Love You have the strongest representation with four. 

Majestic Son’s quartet are Gus, Gotfeelingsyouknow, Im Bobby and Majestic Lavros, while Love You is represented by Love Gun, Speedy Lover, Parisian Artiste and Toro Stride. 

Volstead (Remus Phoenix and Ikigai) and Sebastian K (Susan Is Her Name and Aldebaranstilinski) have two runners each. 

Interestingly, Betting Line has a contestant in both the pacing and trotting sections in Ubetcha Tigerpie and Not As Promised respectively. 

There are six New Zealand breds in the pacing section and seven in the trotting series. The trotting mare Aldebaran Acrux is the sole North American bred entrant at the Championships. 

Among the dams are the ‘black type’ mares Lady Euthenia (dam of Max Delight),Miss Hazel (Oliver Dan), Nike Franco (Bay Of Biscay), Frith (Dashing), Spitfire Rose (Fighter Command), Blucolla Tigerpie (Ubetcha Tigerpie), Passion’s Delight (Path To Greatness), Benediction (Nyack) and the trotters Spidergirl (Love Gun), Right Interest (Speedy Lover), Queen Kenny (Toro Stride) and Paris Metro (Mufasa Metro). 

by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink