(1,200m), at Cobar’s Pop Up Race Meeting on Sunday. The win made for a double
celebration for apprentice jockey Hollie Hull who also rode the winner in Race 1, Sin
City Belle.
A very excited young jockey was Hollie
Hull when she rode her career first winning
double, on Sunday, at Cobar’s Pop Up Races
event.
Hollie is apprenticed to trainer Clint
Lundholm and both her winners, Sin City
Belle and Mega Celebration, are from the
Lundholm stable at Dubbo.
Sin City Belle ($3.60) led the field in the
1,000 metres Sullivans Mining and Industrial
Maiden Plate and held on to beat the heavily
supported Queensland trained Hardness
(Steven Galvin, $1.70 favourite) by a length
with Sallista (Ashleigh Stanley, $3) third.
Mega Celebration ($4) raced midfield and,
although travelling wide, was ridden out nicely
by Hull to win the 1,200 metres Nutrien
Russell Class 1 Handicap from Linden Tree
(Stanley, $7) and Individualist (Jake Barrett,
$2.60).
Dubbo trainer Connie Greig continued her
great run of success at Cobar and other western
area meetings when landing a double with
Brooklyn Star and Gossip.
Barrett gained a lovely run through the pack
on Brooklyn Star ($2.90) to account for Gunnerside
($6) and Lenroy (Zara Castellaz-Faico,
$4.40) in the 1,000 metres Cynend Building &
Construction Benchmark 50 Handicap.
The favourite Kooky Kangaroo ($2.80) lost
its rider (Steven Galvin) when the saddle
slipped mid race.
Galvin, from Queensland, had stitches to a
laceration but appeared to have escaped serious
injury.
Dubbo-based apprentice Jake Barrett produced
another outstanding ride when coming
from last on Gossip ($2.20 favourite) to win
the 1,375 metres DJW & Wells Ventilation
Benchmark 50 Handicap from Cosmic King
(Chelsea Ings, $7) and Get Up Alby (Stanley,
$8).
Michael Mulholland provided the other leg
of a Barrett treble when Sassy Diamond
($3.60) tracked the duelling leaders then raced
to a four lengths win over Cubic (Ings, $2.70)
and Leopardwood (Hull, $1.80 fav.) in the
1,370 metres WesTrac Maiden Plate.
Completing a clean sweep by apprentice
jockeys and Dubbo based trainers, the Mulholland-
trained Golden Eclipse, ridden by Ashleigh
Stanley from Bathurst, won the 1,700
metres Broughton Field Services Benchmark
50 Handicap.
Backing up from an unplaced run at Dubbo
on Thursday, Golden Eclipse ($2.20) raced in
a handy position before winning from
Merdeka (Barrett, $1.80 fav.) and Quick Spin
(Ken Dunbar, $5).
A large number of race meetings have been
abandoned in the region due to rain affected
tracks and at very short notice Cobar Miners
Race Club organised and staged the meeting
on Sunday for the overall good of racing.
Owners, trainers, jockeys and others involved
were very appreciative of Cobar hosting
the meeting.—Colin Hodges
