Not many young trotters have a form line which reads 151211331 especially one that has taken a while to put it together.
There's never been any doubt that Aflyin Spur was destined to make it. Right from a 2 year old he showed he had a motor. At times he just didn't have the manners to match it. It's taken miles and plenty of patience to get him to where he is today and now the rewards are coming in spades.
While all his wins have been very impressive, his latest one at Alexandra Park proved he's capable of stepping up to the big time even if it isn't in the immediate future.
"He has high speed and he can stay, as we saw on Thursday night" said Donnelly. "These attributes will take him a long way.
"In the perfect world it would be ideal if we didn't have to take on the big boys for another 12 months as he's only just starting to get his head around it. Given the rating system and how quickly he's put the wins together it's probably not going to work out like that. I guess at the end of the day it will come down to placing the horse right and doing what's right by him."
As far as trotting bloodlines go his breeding certainly stacks up too. He's out of Group winner Jazmin Alicia whose already left C K Spur, a full brother, and the winner of 19 races on both sides of the Tasman.
Aflyin Spur is raced by Karen Kennedy, her brother Ces and her partner Wayne. "Karen bred him and as we all know breeding is a long game so I'm pretty chuffed that they're starting to reap the benefits of what you'd call a long term investment."
