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For the second Saturday in a row, a summer heatwave hit the picnic races, setting the scene for a host of blistering times and track records at Woolamai Racecourse. Despite a forecast top of forty degrees in Melbourne, it was a great turnout with hundreds of dedicated picnic fans taking advantage of the early start and abundance of shade to make Woolamai their home for the afternoon. |
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| In the feature event of the day, the Woolamai Cup, five-year-old mare Born This Way made it back-to-back victories in the time-honoured race, winning by two lengths. It was a tremendous ride from Angela Bence who, in a performance reminiscent of last year’s race, timed her run perfectly, taking the lead in the straight and hitting the line strongly. The win brought up a double for Bence who also rode the winner of the first, Shanghai Rooster, guiding the five-year-old gelding to a two-and-a-half-length victory. Angela has now ridden 15 winners as an apprentice and loses her 2kg claim but based on the skill shown in her double that should not stop her from finding many more winners. |
Born This Way wins the Woolamai Cup 2014 |
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In other races, five-year-old mare Till Then, ridden by Craig Kirkpatrick, won the second in emphatic fashion, taking out the 1008m sprint by two lengths. The third went the way of Dani Walker on board Wayne’s Command, the consistent six-year-old gelding holding off a late challenge by topweight I’m A Soldier to win by a length. |
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Results for Woolamai. Visit the picture gallery for the days action at Woolamai Congratulations to the Woolamai Racing Club for putting on a great show under trying circumstances. Next Saturday, picnic racing heads to Buchan, four hours east of Melbourne, for the running of the Buchan & Gelantipy Cup. It promises to be another great day of picnic racing.
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