ONLY 10 STRAWS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE Prince Diablo was known for his freakish acceleration, high mid race speed and strength. He ran scintillating times on all tracks he raced on including 29.55, 29.56, 29.66 at Wentworth Park. Prince Diablo also held the first section split record of 5.31 until broken by another Premier Fantasy offspring in Mepunga Nicky. During the 2011 NSW National Sprint heats at Wentworth Park, Prince Diablo recorded the fastest heat win in 29.55 after other heat winners Cold Fusion 29.70, Fancy Dean and He Knows Uno running 29.74. In the 2011 Paws of Thunder heats, Prince Diablo again ran the fastest time of 29.56. Next best time was Fancy Dean 29.82, McDoom 29.98, Rewind 30.00, Kilty Lad 30.02, Cold Fusion 30.12. Another track Prince Diablo sizzled at was The Gardens were he had made his race debut in a heat of the Mega Maiden series running a very quick 29.66. A few starts later at the same track in a Semi Final of the National Derby, Prince Diablo recorded a time of 29.24 which was .01 outside of the track record. After finding early trouble in the Final he came from 7 lengths behind in the back straight to be beaten a half length behind Bogie King in a time of 29.67 At Bulli, Prince Diablo had recorded times of 25.95 (TR 25.92), 26.02, 26.13 for the 472m journey. Incuded in those wins were heat and Final of the Group 3 Cyril Rowe plate running a race record (26.02). Prince Diablo only had one start over the 515m at Bulli running 29.63 on a rain soaked track. The track record being 29.38. Prince Diablo also won his heat and Final of the Group 2 Gosford Cup in 29.92 winning by 4 1/2 lengths . One of Prince Diablo's greatest runs was in the Group 3 Canberra Cup Final defeating Oaks Road by 6 3/4 lengths, smashing his own track record from the 30.10 heat win to his Final win in 29.96. The previous track record before the series was 30.20. Another track that he excelled at was Richmond running a near record 30.20 (TR 30.16) and 30.34. Another notable run of Prince Diablo's was his first trial back after a stopper bone tendon injury at Bulli over 400m where he ran 22.28 when the track record was 22.33. This run can be seen on Youtube. The following week in a trial at Richmond, he ran 22.38 when the track record was 22.36.
Through his track performances, Prince Diablo was respected enough to be invited to The Topgun , The Temlee and The Melbourne Shootout. He also travelled to Brisbane to win a heat of the Group 3 Gold Coast cup beating Glen Gallon but was unable to line up in the Final after a washed out meeting and the rescheduling conflicting with the Topgun. From 41 starts, Prince Diablo won 22 races including 3 Group wins. He broke 2 track records, finished .01 outside The Gardens record, .03 outside the Bulli 472m record, .04 outside the Richmond 535m record and .12 outside the Wentworth Park record.
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