Port Stephens-trained pacer Magical Mike wants to show his American namesake that he can also make it to the top echelon of harness racing , starting with a win in the $18,000 Mark Colin Packaging Inter City Pace final at Maitland tomorrow night.
The New Zealand-bred Magical Mike is trained and driven by Boat Harbour reinsman Les Kosklin.
He is enjoying his life of beach training so much that has gone from being an ordinary low-class pacer to a potential open-class horse.
The five-year-old gelding shares his name with one of the best American-bred pacers of the 1990's.
The American Magical Mike was trained by one of the legends of the sport, the great Tom Haughton.