Queanbeyan-based horse Bart took out the AMH Auto Group Easter Cup at the Moruya Jockey Club on Saturday, April 20, after a tight finish to an exciting race.
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The four-year-old gelding, trained by Joe Cleary and ridden by Nick Heywood, edged Pierino and Millijule for the win, with Tipta Tantivy also within a length of the winner.
Pierino and Millijule ended in a dead-heat for second place, while Tipta Tantivy was a nose behind for fourth place.
The Cup win is Bart's second win at the Moruya Jockey Club, as he also won a race in 2017.
The race meeting was a special one for the club, as the day was run in support of the Batemans Bay Mother's Day Classic.
There were smatterings of pink throughout the crowd, and a special "pink" edition of the ever-popular Fashions on the Fields.
Moruya-based trainers took out three of the six races on Saturday, with Lynda Bundy winning both races three and four, and Natalie Jarvis winning race six.
Jarvis also had two second-placed horses to extend her lead at the top of the Moruya Jockey Club's trainers premiership.
Bundy's first winning horse, Sunday Hustler, took out the Edie Novak Riding for the Disabled Class 1 Handicap, beating Sanctuary Cove by a length and a half.
Theatre Tickets won the Elders Batemans Bay Pink Day Maiden Handicap by half a length to give Bundy two wins on the trot.
Jarvis had to wait for the Elders Mother's Day Classic Handicap for her win, as Malachi Crunch beat Bitofastar by half a length.
Full Results
Race 1 (History of Moruya Jockey Club Maiden Plate)
- Future Time (Gratz Vella)
- Stardux (Todd Smart)
- Generous Dane (Luke Pepper)
- Leola (Barbara Joseph and Paul Jones)
- Sekerna (Rob Potter)
- Patee Cat (John Peiti)
- Water Line (Theresa Bateup)
- Foreverly (Neil Osborne)
- Myloveforlara (John Rolfe)
- Military Red (Brooke Somers)
Race 2 (Priors Bus Service Class 2 Handicap)
- Gypsy Miss (Luke Pepper)
- Depreciation (Natalie Jarvis)
- Ethanicity (Wade Mathie)
- Revolver (Andrew Bourke)
- Typhoon Max (Terry Gibson)
- Lady Juliana (Lynda Bundy)
- Graceful Gift (Thomas Lyttle)
- All Bear (Chicka Pearson)
Race 3 (Edie Novak Riding For The Disabled Class 1 Handicap)
- Sunday Hustler (Lynda Bundy)
- Sanctuary Cove (Warren Ganderton)
- The Unknown Factor (Gratz Vella)
- All About Belle (Mark Gee)
- Byblos Boy (Peter Korn)
- Nine Circles (Joe Cleary)
- Duck Gold (Natalie Jarvis)
- Pharaoh's Rush (Michael Gatty)
- Altessdain (Allan McRae)
- Srbska (Mick Miladinovic)
Race 4 (Elders Batemans Bay Pink Day Maiden Handicap)
- Theatre Tickets (Lynda Bundy)
- Parisians (Joe Cleary)
- On The Floor (Adam Wadick)
- Pulla Swifty (Natalie Jarvis)
- Solar Storm (Graham Brown)
- Sanskil (Shaun Coady)
- Bonza Lady (Mick J Smith)
- Old Trafford (Luke Pepper)
- Wood's Point (Steve Stephens)
- Danish Hussar (Allan McRae)
- Globalize (Jamie Stewart)
Race 5 (AMH Auto Group Easter Cup Benchmark 66 Handicap)
- Bart (Joe Cleary)
- Pierino (Danny Williams)
- Millijule (Natalie Jarvis; dead-heat for second)
- Tipta Tantivy (Wade Mathie)
- Sonnets (Lynda Bundy)
- Burrangong (John Rolfe)
- Irenic (Mark Gee)
- Janis (Chris Hensler)
Race 6 (Elders Mother's Day Classic Benchmark 58 Handicap)
- Malachi Crunch (Natalie Jarvis)
- Bitofastar (John Marzol)
- One Son (Gregory Whipp)
- Woollahra Lass (Luke Pepper)
- Royal Casino (Adam Wadick)
- Highly Charged (John Marzol)
- Waldo Waldorf (Darryl Rolfe)
- Valorhesse (Allan McRae)