Sport
10 May, 2024
Lewis wins treble at Tomingley
Adapting to a significant change in distance, the Clint Lundholm-trained Avalicious, before a record-breaking crowd on Saturday, April 27, won the 1500 metres Alkane Resources Tomingley Picnic Cup.
Adapting to a significant change in distance, the Clint Lundholm-trained Avalicious, before a record-breaking crowd on Saturday, April 27, won the 1500 metres Alkane Resources Tomingley Picnic Cup. At the previous start, in TAB company Avalicious had finished a creditable fourth in the 2400 metres Iron Horse Handicap won by Blue Guitar at the Wellington Boot carnival.
Tumbarumba galloper Namarari led the Tomingley Cup field from Dancing In The Sky with Avalicious settling nicely in third position for Narromine jockey Ricky Blewitt. Over the closing stages, Avalicious ($2.40 to $1.70 favourite) wore down Namarari (Zara Lewis, $12) to win by a half-length with a length to third-placed Valadyium (Dylan Parrott, $7).
Ricky Blewitt had earlier won the 800 metres Lowes Petroleum-Eric Pugh Memorial Maiden Plate on the Wayne Collison, Narromine-trained Typhoon Ginger. Backing up from an unplaced run at Nyngan two days before, Typhoon Ginger ($6) led all the way to beat the Victorian trained Kingzan (Tony Williams, $2.20 equal favourite) and Mary Louise (Leandro Ribeiro, $2.20).
Kylie Kennedy, the daughter of Wayne Collison, is also a trainer at Narromine and she won the 1150 metres Elders Insurance/JDP Diesel Repairs Maiden Plate with Jet Missile (Dylan Parrott, $1.50 favourite) which led throughout to defeat Petite Vielle (Izzy Neale ($3.80) and On Another Level (Zara Lewis, $4.60).
Gilgandra-based Zara Lewis with excellent rides achieved a winning treble with Redline, Foxstorm, and Intense. From the Geoff O’Brien stable at Quirindi, Redline (Zara Lewis, $6.50) burst through the center of a pack to gain a three-way photo finish win over the leader Juliette Street (Eloise Drews, $5) and Better Judgement (Leandro Ribeiro, $3.20 favorite) in the 800 meters Inland Petroleum Class Two Trophy Handicap.
Given a charmed run behind the leaders by Zara Lewis in the 1150 meters Total Diesel Repairs Class Three Trophy Handicap, Foxstorm ($4.20) finished best to account for Allende (Leandro Ribeiro, $3.50 equal favorite) and Individualist (Izzy Neale, $4.60). Trained at Gilgandra by Ashley Gibson, Foxstorm has won picnic races this season at Mungery, Condobolin, Grenfell, and Tomingley and is a good prospect for the $50,000 Picnic Championship Final at Coonamble in October.
Bookmakers were sent home on a losing note when the heavily supported Intense won the 1500 meters Wonga/Durock Drilling Class B Handicap for Coonabarabran trainer Wayne Martyn. Baked from $4 to $1.80 favorite, Intense (Zara Lewis) breezed along with a good lead and eventually won by almost five lengths from Kirameki (Eloise Drews, $7) and Hammoon Sunshine (Leandro Ribeiro, $4.40).
