Weekend Wrap: Finals Day Shaping Up, Kayla Treble

Sportsbet Finals Day awaits exciting four-year-old Watchme Win after an impressive victory against some seasoned performers at Morphettville on Saturday.

The Andrew Gluyas-trained galloper has come a long way in a short space of time.

He won his maiden at Murray Bridge on debut in July, claimed a heat of the Riziz Series there earlier this month before comfortably handling the big jump in class to win a heat of the Gytrash Series on the weekend.

“He’s a lovely horse,’’ rider Lachlan Neindorf said.

“It’s not easy to do what he’s done, jumping from 64 grade to 84 grade.

“He’s a promising horse and he’s only going to get better,’’ he said.

Gluyas said they had a host of options with the four-year-old who is lucky to be at the races after a freak trackwork incident early in his career where he fractured a bone underneath his hock.

The leading trainer said there was plenty ahead for the son of Harry Angel, a product of Mill Park Stud, who thrived on a solid tempo before racing away for a 2.5 length win.

“It worked out really well,’’ Gluyas said.

“We thought the pace would be genuine, he had plenty of room and was strong to the line, it was a good performance.

“He has an arrogance about him, he likes to push you around, he’s got a strength that makes it hard to deal with so our team do a good job with him.

“He definitely has a personality,’’ he said.

Kayla Crowther had a day out with a winning treble from just four rides.

She put quaddie punters in pain when $19 chance Obi proved too good for his rivals in the opening leg, followed up aboard Pure Bliss in the next race before $41 Plus Fours scored for the Phillip Stokes stable in the last on the card.

“I didn’t really expect it,’’ Crowther said.

On Friday night Bamyan Buddha recorded the biggest win of his career building on a brilliant record on track in the Gawler Cup.

The Grant Young-trained galloper covered ground throughout before fending off local Midnight Mass for his fourth win from six starts at Gawler with Maggie Collett in the saddle.

“He just tries his guts out every time,’’ Young said.