Random Stables’ gelding War Machine blazed his way into the record books during the harness racing at Vesey Street at the weekend.

The four-year-old Indiana-bred racing pony ran a blistering 1:01/2 racing on the rail in the Free for All to shave two fifths of a second off the previous track record of 1:01/4 set by Colin Mello’s stud Big Red Machine in 2012.

War Machine’s time is also a new gelding’s record.

“It’s nice to have bragging rights for now, but I’m very well aware it can go just as quickly as you got it, too,” Daniel Greenslade, the Random Stables owner, said. “That’s the name of the game and records are meant to be broken.

“I’m glad we have it at the moment and hopefully we’ll hang on to it for a little bit.”

War Machine broke the records with teenage driver Kiwon Waldron in the sulky.

“We were hoping for it [the track record],” Waldron said. “We prepared during the week and the day of and luckily we did it. He just felt right and everything was right and it’s fulfilling because all the hard work I put in has actually paid off. It’s really the pony; he does all the work while I sit there and guide him.”

Greenslade was impressed by Waldron’s self belief and convincing manner in which he raised the bar.

“One of the more impressive things was that Kiwon said he thought he could do it and he did it,” Greenslade said. “A lot of ponies have knocked on the door but haven’t quite got there and he did it quite convincingly.

“I haven’t been going to the races much, but I went down there yesterday [Sunday] because I thought he could do it and I was glad I was there.

“Kiwon has put a lot of work into the pony and it’s paid off.”

Coincidentally, Waldron competed in the same sulky that Mello borrowed from Greenslade when he set a new overall track record six years ago with Big Red Machine.

War Machine comes from good stock as his mother, IC’s Amber Rock, and father, GV Sir Tux, have achieved world track records.

“His mother and father are obviously fast but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the babies are going to be fast,” Greenslade said. “But with this particular one it worked out.

“We knew he was fast as a two-year-old but you just never know how fast they’re going to go.”