As the daughter of two of the fastest harness racing ponies to ever grace Bermuda’s shores, Naje Degraff’s two-year-old filly Google Me Twice has big shoes to fill.

The Indiana-bred pony is the daughter of existing overall track record holder and mare, Google Me, and former overall track record holder and stud Big Red Machine.

Google Me Twice is a newcomer to Vesey Street this season and is off to a flying start with four wins in as many starts with owner-driver Degraff in the bike.

“She is showing so much in a short time. She’s been training since May and just recently in the last two months we have taken her to the track and she has gotten better and better. On the race days she has gotten faster and faster, so we’re just teaching her how to race right now,” Degraff told The Royal Gazette.

“She learns real quick; you show her something once and that’s it. First day of racing she was scared of the gate but second race day she was to the gate with no problem. She is a quick learner and anything you teach her she remembers it.

“She has definitely exceeded expectations but we are going to take it easy and teach her how to race this year. If she gets down to a 1:05 or 1:06 we will be happy.

“If she is willing to run and shows me gameness, once she clicks in her head that she knows what she’s got to do, I’m sure she would go easy 1:05 no problem. She could’ve gone 1:08 last race day, but I was just holding her easy.”

Degraff is delighted to be reaping success in only his second season of racing in the sport.

He became “instantly hooked” on the sport after competing in a Powder Puff race last year and eventually ended up purchasing pacer Google Me Twice, who was born on Valentine’s Day, when the opportunity presented itself in April.

“She came about, we done the deal and that was it. I was inquiring about different horses and she popped up, and I said ‘this is going to be the one’,” Degraff said.

Tyler Lopes, former co-owner and driver of Google Me, believes Degraff’s horse has a “very bright” future ahead of her.

“From what I’ve seen so far she’s coming along really well. She looks to be immensely talented and will certainly show a ton of speed once she gets comfortable with racing and learns a bit more what she needs to do,” he said.

“I like how brave she looks, too. Sometimes, when they have so much talent and speed like that early on, like she does, they can almost scare themselves because at this stage of their career they just don’t understand.

“She’s made some mistakes, which is very normal for a young racehorse, and those mistakes don’t seem to have bothered or scared her at all. This filly has a very bright future ahead of her.”