O’Loughlin’s double at Casterton

THE meeting was transferred to Casterton, offering up some surprise results across the day.

By Peter Morganti

August 10, 2023 | 2:30 PM

MOUNT Gambier trainer Belinda O’Loughlin had a red-letter day with a double at Casterton on Saturday.

The results would have brought a smile to the popular horsewoman, especially after the recent retirement of dual Hamilton Cup winning mare, Muntham Missile.

The first leg of O’Loughlin’s winning day came as a surprise to punters when The Psychologist broke his Maiden at start 22.

A bold front-running ride by Adelaide jockey, Paul Gatt, allowed the five-year-old gelding to hold out race favourite, Early Warning, by a neck.

Double figure odds were available for those punters that followed up on a solid third at this track at his last start.

Loose Lip Lloyd made it a double with a strong finish in the 1400m 0-58 Handicap.

Ridden by inform apprentice, Jaylah Kennedy, the seven-year-old gelding held out the locally trained Bomber’s Kiss.

Bomber’s Kiss has his hoof on the till after back-to-back seconds at the track.

Ride of the day was in the final race by promising apprentice, Ryan Houston, on the Paul Preusker-trained Bruno Stars.

After settling on pace, Houston was a step ahead of his rival jockeys when pressing the go button a little earlier than expected at the 600m mark.

He put a gap on the field and cruised to a four-length win over Gunsablazin’, who ran another honest race.

Another border-hopper to get the major share of the prizemoney was the Jason Post-trained Teemenzed, who held out a swarm of challengers.

Alassak made it back-to-back successes at the track with another easy win, while race favourites, British Angel and Miss Bariloche, kicked off the meeting in good style for trainers, Tom Dabernig and Andrew Bobbin, respectively.

A set of 10 jumpouts were held at the track on Monday, as district horses prepare for Coleraine races on Sunday.

Results

Race 1 The Heroes of Super Jumps Day Maiden 1200m

1st British Angel (Tom Madden/Tom Dabernig) $3.50f

2nd Steller Eagle (Jaylah Kennedy/Henry Dwyer) $3.80

3rd My Gal Val (Ryan Houston/Paul Preusker) $12

Race 2 We Salute The Rider Aaron Kuru Maiden 1400m

1st Miss Bariloche (Jack Hill/Andrew Bobbin) $1.65f

2nd Ahtohallan (Tayla Childs/Adam Burns) $9

3rd City Escape (Josh Cartwright/Vincent Malady) $3.10

Race 3 We Salute The Trainer Symon Wilde Maiden 1800m

1st The Psychologist (Paul Gatt/Belinda O’Loughlin) $12