By “Pegs”
SOUTH Australian galloper Noname Lane ($6.50) was an all-the-way winner of this year’s $200,000 Listed bet365 Seymour Cup over 1600 metres.
Run at Bendigo on Sunday, the Will Clarken-trained six-year-old gelded son of Shamus Award and Sovereign, coming off a Balaklava Cup win, defeated two Bendigo-trained gallopers in Just Folk ($17) and last year’s Kilmore Cup winner, Hi Stranger ($15).
Noname Lane, who has now won five out of his past six starts, was ridden by Victorian hoop Linda Meech.
Masterly win
In the previous race at Bendigo, Kyneton trainer Liam Howley saddled-up Master Bartholdi ($4.40 favourite) for a most impressive all-the-way win.
The Statue Of Liberty five-year-old gelding took out the Vale Rodney Caldow BM64 Handicap over 1400 metres.
The gelding held on grimly to defeat Orienzel ($20) by 1-3/4 lengths with Lady Proisir ($11) a half-head away third.
The win gave the in-form Jamie Mott his second winner for the day.
Previously trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr), the gelding has now won three races from five starts in Howley’s care.
Wang. winners
Racing Victoria programmed another meeting on Sunday to cater for the glut of gallopers caused by the recent abandonment of recent district meetings caused by heavy rains in recent weeks.
Wangaratta hosted a most successful 10-race meeting catering for maidens, 0-58 and 0-64 class gallopers.
Seymour trainer Gordon Strang saddled-up Couldbefamous ($6) for back-to-back wins.
Coming off a Benalla win a little over a week earlier, the five-year-old gelded son of Lucas Cranach and No Rhyme Or Reason took out the Winsec Savings and Loan 0-64 Handicap over 2000 metres.
Ridden by John Keating, the gelding defeated For Ari ($6.50) by a head with the $2.20 favourite Princess Nefertiti a further head away third.
Also owned by Strang, the gelding was previously trained by Linc Sullivan.
Couldbefamous has now won three races with five minor placings from his 24 starts.
Remembering Eric
There was a touch of sadness when Pencilled Out ($2.90 favourite) returned to the winner’s stall earlier on the Wang program.
The three-year-old daughter of Savabeel and the good producing mare, Scratchy Lass, was one of the last foals born out of Rangal Park Euroa that the former chairman and life member of the Kilmore Racing Club, the late Eric Buttler who passed away on Melbourne Cup Day last year, owned.
Pencilled Out, trained at Cranbourne by Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock, was ridden by apprentice Carleen Hefel, in leading from go to whoa in taking out the Melbourne Cup Day Races @ Wangaratta Maiden Plate over 1170 metres.
Raced by Eric Buttler’s widow Marlene and races in their colours, the filly races in partnership with stable clients including long-time owner Don Healy.
The filly was having only her third start.
