Wizard of west morphs into messiah of Melbourne – Racenet

Punters have become accustomed to backing Willie Pike to ‘get out’ in the last at Perth and they were cheering him to do the same in Melbourne after several favourites bit the dust during the day Caulfield.
And the ‘wizard of the west’ became the ‘messiah of Melbourne’ as Pike overcame plenty of worrying moments to surge Bob Peters-owned Perth galloper Showmanship ($2 fav) to victory in the Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1400m).
Co-trainer Grant Williams described it as a “scary” watch as Showm…

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