LIGHTLY raced mare Zumba Bromac was a very impressive winner of a heat of the Eric Reece memorial over 2090 metres at UBET Park Hobart on Sunday.
The Juanita McKenzie-trained four-year-old was resuming from a four-month spell but made light of the task.
With Ricky Duggan in the cart the mare began well from her outside front-row draw to lead the one-out line and when the leader quickened noticeably in the back straight the last time Duggan allowed his charge to fall in behind and take a trail.
When he eased her out to make a charge in the home straight she sprinted quickly and went on to score easily from Cardinal Finn and Thatswhatshesaid.
The second heat was taken out by the Tommy Jackson-trainer Finn Mac Kee that faced the breeze for much of the race before forging clear of race leader Young Bruiser close to home.
Jackson has longed to win an Eric Reece Memorial and Finn Mac Kee could be his best chance of achieving the goal.
The final heat was won by the Rodney Ashwood-trained Sparkling, another four-year-old mare that is only lightly raced with this latest outing her fourth but she has won three and been placed second in the other.
Sparkling (McArdle-Champagne N Diamonds) was placed second in the Terang Guineas in May which was her last start in Victoria.
The Reece Memorial final will be held in Hobart in a fortnight.