Sport
28 October, 2025
Siena Grima rides five successive winners
Raced at Coonabarabran – Sunday, October 26
A very big crowd at Coonabarabran witnessed a record breaking feat when Siena Grima rode the winner in five successive races.
The winning haul for the leading apprentice jockey included the $75,000 Imperial Hotel-Coonabarabran Showcase Cup on the Jeremy Gask, Scone-trained Who Ever Thought.
Tracking the leading pair The Hanger Cat and Shamedy in the 1600 metres Cup, Who Ever Thought ($2.50 to $2.10 favourite) was sent to the front approaching the home turn and in an exciting finish held off by a short head Rhythm Is A Dancer (Kody Nestor, $5.50 to $8) with the very consistent Lockdown Gamble (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $3.30) a game third.
Tamworth trainer Sue Grills supplied two of the Siena Grima winners, Somerton Smart in the 1200 metres Brett Bowman Racing and Breeding -Super Maiden Handicap and Night Fighter in the 1400 metres Futurity Pastoral-Benchmark 66 Baradine Cup.
Debut maker Somerton Smart ($3.50) enjoyed a nice run behind the leaders before beating Yiasou (Dylan Stanley, $20) and Bullant (Reece Jones, $3.80) while Siena Grima from midfield followed the inside rail all the way home on Night Fighter ($4.20) to win by over a length from Awesome Tycoon (Brontë Simpson, $31) and Slush Fund (Zoe Hunt, $6).
Starting the ball rolling for Siena Grima was the Paul Clisby, Dubbo trained Supreme Style, $1.45 to $1.30 favourite which raced handy to the speed before breaking clear from Just Joan (Shannen Llewellyn, $11) and Street Skater (Wendy Peel, $10) in the 900 metres Barron’s Tyres and Mechanical and Big Sky Experiences Maiden Plate.
Siena Grima was also aboard the Holly Williams, Tamworth trained Enterprise Legend ($4 to $3.30 favourite) all the way winner of the 1100 metres Coonabarabran Bowling Club-Cup Day Showcase Sprint from Life’s A Party (Reece Jones, $17) and Rouge Moulin (Anna Roper, $3.40).
The now-retired jockeys Greg Ryan and Tony Cavallo have ridden five successive winners at meetings in the central districts and western area however, it is doubtful if an apprentice has equalled the achievement of Siena Grima.
At the highly successful Coonabarabran Cup meeting there were also wins for the Michael Mulholland-trained Shadow Dane (Reece Jones, $5 to $4.40), the Jackie Greentree trained Sunday (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $4 to $3.40) and Cresta Run (Anna Roper, $1.75 to $1.50 favourite) trained by Brett and Georgie Cavanough).
