Buster Williams lives up to excpectations

Tasmanian harness racing owner-trainer Wayne Campbell would have been bitterly disappointed had his two-year-old gelding Buster William not furnished into the horse he is today given his breeding.

While last Sunday night's win in Launceston was his first he showed enough at his first eight starts to suggest that winning would be a formality.

In Launceston on Sunday night the gelded son of Rocknroll Heaven delivered the goods, scoring by over a metre from race leader Dromana Beach with Sweptunderdacarpet a game third.

"Maggie Kennedy was a pretty good mare and this is her first foal,"Campbell said.

"He (Buster William) is an honest little fella who deserved the win because he's been racing against the really good ones and been very competitive.''

"If I didn't do it (breed every other years) I'd end up with too many horses.

"I just do it for a hobby – if I bred every year I couldn't feed them all."

Buster William had to do a bit of work early from his wide front-row draw (6) but driver Mark Yole eventually worked his charge to the death, outside of Dromana Beach.

The $1.20 favourite looked set to win easily half-way up the home straight but when he hit the front he switched off and only- scored by just over a ,metre from Dromana Beach.

Yole said he didn't pull Buster William's ear plugs until he had to but when he switched off he quickly reached down the sulky shaft and pulled the cord to release the deafeners and that sparked him up again.

Peter Staples