Former star harness racing juvenile Resurgent Spirit returned to his best at UBET Park Hobart last night to win a free-for-all over 2090 metres.
Resurgent Spirit dug deep and kept grinding away after facing the breeze for the last 1200 metres and it was a desperate lunge right on the line that secured him the win over Remember Joe.
Resurgent Spirit was ninth in the Hobart Pacing Cup as the $2.50 favourite and finished over 25 metres from the winner.
But back to the 2090-metr trip and from a good draw the gelded son of American Ideal was able to recapture his best form.
The Roger Whitmore-trained gelding gives the impression he is getting better with racing so the Devonport and Easter Cups could both be back on the radar.
Resurgent Spirit was an outstanding juvenile winning his first 13 races as a two and early three-year-old and he captured the feature 3YO event of the season in the Globe Derby Stakes.
In recent times his form has waned through a niggling injury but Whitmore has been patient and given his stable star plenty of time to overcome the issue.
Peter Staples
