by Greg Gangle, WEG Communications

Toronto, ON — Guns An Roses, who carries a two-race win streak, will be a top contender in the C$40,000 second leg of the Cam Fella Pacing Series, set for Saturday evening (March 3) at Woodbine.

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Guns An Roses was a 1:51.3 winner in last week’s Cam Fella Series opener.

The 4-year-old son of Life Sign-Best Lady captured his first leg division in 1:51.3 for co-owner/breeder Joanne Colville, who co-owns along with her daughter, Emma Christoforou, while Colville’s father, Frank, handles the training.

Colville’s decision to nominate Gun An Roses to the Cam Fella Pacing Series came after the brown gelding, who earned $101,328 last season, scored his lifetime best mark.

“We weren’t sure if he was going to be able to go with these types of horses, but we decided to give him a shot, especially after he took his 1:50.3 record in the Grassroots Semifinal. He’s proven himself,” Colville said.

Colville’s High Stakes Inc. bred has amassed $143,372 in career earnings to date.

“He’s the type of horse that races better when he’s in the mix of things. That’s when you get the best performance out of him,” Colville noted. “He’s starting to show some of his mother’s back-class (Best Lady p,1:51.4s-$276,915).”

Colville also believes that giving Guns An Roses the appropriate time off in the fall was instrumental to the recent success he’s enjoyed, namely earnings of $42,044 from just six starts (three wins) in 2012.

“That was the best thing we could have done for him,” Colville said. “He really matured, filled out and grew into himself. He’s just a nice-sized horse and it looks like we did everything right to bring him back in the right form. So far, it’s paying off and hopefully that continues.”

When Guns An Roses begins from post one in the second of two divisions Saturday night, Colville will hand the lines to fiancée, driver Jack Moiseyev.

“Jack seems to get along well with him,” Colville said.

“I know he thought quite a bit of him when he took his lifetime best and it looks like that’s continued. If not, we’ll have to make a driver change,” she said with a laugh.

The Cam Fella Pacing Series is for 4- and 5-year-old pacers in 2012, who were non-winners of C$150,000 lifetime as of midnight Dec. 31, 2011. The C$100,000 final is scheduled for Saturday (March 10).