THE Hamilton Racing Club held another successful Party With The Ponies race day on Tuesday.
A good crowd enjoyed a special day that celebrated International Day of People with a Disability.
With plenty of activities off the track keeping people entertained, on the track proved to be a competitive space with some great racing.
Ballarat based jockeys, Alana Kelly and Sarah Field, dominated the riding ranks with doubles.
Kelly opened the meeting with a longshot winner, steering home the Andrew Bobbin-trained Royal Memory to win the bet365 3YO Maiden Plate.
She followed up with a win on Crafty Boss in the Fitzgerald Concrete Maiden Plate for Geoff Withers.
Withers had only just recently acquired Crafty Boss from Aaron Purcell, winning at its third run for his stable.
Kelly was narrowly denied a third winner on the Kaye Edwards-trained Americain Miss.
The consistent mare just failed when finishing runner-up to Chimed in the Leo Roberts Memorial BM64 Handicap.
Will Gordon and Symon Wilde combined for the win on a day that also included multiple placings.
Field dominated the back end of the meeting, winning narrowly on two well-supported runners.
My Mate Sonny - trained by Vin Malady - won the Pearsons Nursery BM64 Handicap before landing the final race, the Midfield Meats BM58 Handicap on Male Model for Ballarat trainer, John Thom.
Male Model has enjoyed good success in the region this preparation, having also won his Maiden at Coleraine back in September.
Ballarat trainers also enjoyed earlier success when Princess Tori won the Ruth Margaret Anne Memorial Maiden Plate for Archie Alexander, followed by Brady Cross landing the main prize with Ideel Girl in the Helloworld Travel Hamilton BM58 Handicap.
Senior jockeys, Fred Kersley and Jarrod Fry, were the respective winning riders.
Lucky Duck was an impressive winner of the Party With The Ponies Special Ballot Maiden Plate, grabbing race favourite Dimora Queen a couple of strides before the post.
Trained by John Salanitri, the four-year-old mare surprisingly has taken 17 starts to break her Maiden.
Results
Race 1 bet365 3YO Maiden Plate 1200m - 1st Royal Memory (Alana Kelly/Andrew Bobbin) $31; 2nd Killing Eve (Teo Nugent/Symon Wilde) $3.60f; 3rd Invinciboo (Jake Noonan/Symon Wilde) $6.50.
Race 2 Party With The Ponies Special Ballot Maiden Plate 1100m - 1st Lucky Duck (Tom Madden/John Salanitri) $6.50; 2nd Dimora Queen (Fred Kersley/Lindsey Smith) $2.35f; 3rd Mishma (Adam McCabe/Dean Krongold) $9.50.
Race 3 Ruth Margaret Anne Memorial Maiden Plate 1400m - 1st Princess Toro (Fred Kersley/Archie Alexander) $3.60; 2nd Seattle Hope (Alana Kelly/Mitchell Freedman) $3.30f; 3rd Don’t Look Away (Teo Nugent/Michele Denham) $26.
Race 4 Fitzgerald Concrete Maiden Plate 1600m - 1st Crafty Boss (Alana Kelly/Geoff Withers) $7; 2nd Tower Of Tuscany (Teo Nugent/Mark & Levi Kavanagh) $2.15f; 3rd Scandoval (Will Gordon/Patrick Kearney) $11.
Race 5 Pearsons Nursery BM64 Handicap 1600m - 1st My Mate Sonny (Sarah Field/Vincent Malady) $4.40; 2nd Mawkeb (Will Gordon/Patrick Kearney) 2.40f; 3rd Vitruvius (Tom Prebble/Quinton Scott) $8.50.
Race 6 Leo Roberts Memorial BM64 Handicap 2200m - 1st Chimed (Will Gordon/Symon Wilde) $2.60f; 2nd Americain Miss (Alana Kelly/Kaye Edwards) $6.50; 3rd Pulveriser (Jack Hill/Andrew Bobbin) $10.
Race 7 Helloworld Travel Hamilton BM58 Handicap 1200m - 1st Ideel Girl (Jarrod Fry/Brady Cross) $7.50; 2nd Verbosity (Will Gordon/Andrew Bobbin) $8.50; 3rd Active Duty (Fred Kersley/Lindsey Smith) $3.
Race 8 Midfield Meats BM58 Handicap 1400m - 1st Male Model (Sarah Field/John Thom) $5.50; 2nd Wichitall (Jake Noonan/Symon Wilde) $7; 3rd Swanny Dee (Fred Kersley/Lindsey Smith) $9.
