Macca Lodge sire Panspacificflight sired his first qualifier at the Roxburgh Trotting Club trials on Sunday.
The American-bred sire, who won his first four starts as a 2yr-old, left a similar ability to run early on his 2yr-old crops in the United States. The son of Panderosa is only available through frozen semen at the Gore-based breeding operation, but has produced 62 live foals from 102 mares served in his three seasons in New Zealand.
His first qualifier, First Flight In, is out of the unraced Christian Cullen mare, Sharjanter. First Flight In's time of 2.01.5 for the one mile was a comfortable 4.9sec inside the required time to qualify for driver Andrew Armour and Invercargill trainer Phil Devery.
The Bill Keeler-trained Sock It To Me warmed up for his assignment at Gore tomorrow with a 2.45.7 win in the 2200m mobile pace heat for c0 pacers. The 3yr-old has drawn barrier 7 for the final event on the card tomorrow, a c0 2200m mobile pace.
