The first race on the Tuapeka harness racing card was won by the Robert Wilson trained Galleons Future (Majestic Son) which beat Kohli Trouble (Superfast Stuart) by a neck. The winner was driven by Nathan Williamson. In Race Two trainer driver Brian Norman took the third favourite Close, (Washington VC) straight to the top and won
“I love my horses, it’s just a shame I didn’t do this earlier,” he said. His win tally could increase on Wednesday when three of his team race in Invercargill. Wilson thought Galleons Future was possibly his best chance ahead of his other two runners, Tease My Tartan and Better Galleon. “I really like Galleons Future. He’s a nice wee horse . I think he’s got a reasonable future.” Wilson has owned racehorses for more than 30 years with one of his success stories being Atomwise who, in a five-month period in 1997, won five of eight starts and was sold to Australia for $200,000.