Seaton Secures Thrilling Devonport Chase Final

SEATON continued the remarkable start to his career with victory in Thursday night's Devonport Chase for Tasmanian Hall of Famer Ted Medhurst.

RISING star Seaton continued the remarkable start to his career with victory in Thursday night's Group 3 Ladbrokes Devonport Chase Final at Hobart for Tasmanian Hall of Famer trainer Ted Medhurst.

Seaton secured the Mangalore-based mentor his sixth victory in the time-honoured race, following previous winners Blazenka's Flyer (1990), Supa Instinct (2005), Dark Vito (2015), Keune (2016), and High Treason (2018).

At $4.60 on the Tasracing Official Price, the son of Shima Shine and My Desiree showed exceptional speed from box two to establish a winning break from his rivals, with the challengers lunging at the winner in a thrilling finish.

Undefeated in six starts at the 461-metres, the brilliant youngster held off the late charge from Rupee Rebel to score by a nose on the line with Ducati Roy running on strongly in third, the winner clocking a slick 25.84 seconds.

“I am overjoyed; it is a remarkable accomplishment,” trainer Ted Medhurst commented on Seaton's performance.

“Such a young dog, he was giving away experience against a brilliant field, Seaton didn't know that he just handled the pressure flawlessly – very keen chaser with brilliant high speed and it put him right in contention for this race.”

Raced and bred by Debbie Cannan, Seaton scored his seventh win in the $30,000-to-the-winner feature, taking his prizemoney to $61,020, adding to his recent feature triumphs in the Puppy Gold Collar and Devonport Breeders.

The locally bred litter has now achieved 28 victories since hitting the track with $127,495 in prizemoney so far.

“Breeding a litter in this current climate might seem silly or mad, but things like winning the Devonport Breeders' races as we did recently is something anyone deserves, it's our turn right now. We're beyond proud,” Medhurst said.

“It's so pleasing to have it happen, great to have started this legacy going back from Keune who had won the Devonport Chase previously, we made a decision to enjoy racing our dogs and winning this race is a great thrill.”

Medhurst will now focus on the fast-approaching Group 2 Ladbrokes Launceston Cup (515m) with Seaton which is in contention for the Ladbrokes Triple Treat Connections Bonus of $25,000 if can complete the winning double.

Heats of the Launceston Cup will be staged on Monday week, January 27, with the final worth $60,000-to-the-winner.

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