Both with a Nyngan background, the now Dubbo-based trainer Brett Robb and jockey Clayton Gallagher, dominated the recent Alan Lloyd Memorial meeting at Narromine.
Of the winning treble for Robb, Gallagher won on Rothgate and Rubi Air while apprentice Shayleigh Ingelse rode Wasted Days. The other leg of the Gallagher treble was the Kieren Hazelton, Gilgandra-trained Not Too Bad.
Racegoers were treated to a magnificent presentation of the Narromine racecourse by curator Ricky Blewitt and Not Too Bad took out the opening event, the 1600 metres Alan Lloyd Memorial Benchmark 58 Handicap.
Not Too Bad (Clayton Gallagher, $2.45 favourite) wore down Zounile (Zoe Hunt, $3.20) to win by a short neck with over three lengths to the third placed Foxy Baroness (Mikayla Weir, $4.80) An excellent ride by Clayton Gallagher saw the Brett Robb-trained Rothgate ($1.85 fav.) cross from the outside gate and enjoy a nice run close to the lead before beating Outback Crumpet (Mikayla Weir, $18) and Loch Anton Lady (Will Stanley, $3.50) in the 1300 metres CAD Contracting Country Boosted Maiden Plate.
Clayton Gallagher completed his treble when bringing the Robb-trained Rubi Air ($4.60) from midfield to win the 1100 metres Narromine Shire Council Class One Handicap in a photo finish from Destiny’s Bounty (Will Stanley, $10) and Cumnock (Anna Roper, $6).
Earlier, the Brett Robb-trained debut maker Wasted Days (Shayleigh Ingelse, $9) swooped on the outside to beat I’m Independent (Jake Pracey- Holmes, $1.60 to $1.50 fav.) and Swilken Bridge (Mathew Cahill, $31) in the 800 metres Narromine USMC Maiden Plate.
Carrying the all-purple colours of Coonamble trainer Michael Denison, the seven-year-old mare Owhata Crumpet ($31) was ridden a treat by Andrew Banks when gaining a rails run in the straight to win the 1300 metres QUBE Agri Benchmark 58 Handicap from the leader Boongarra Girl (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $4.60) and Hallowed Star (Ronald Simpson, $5).
The other winners were the Jeremy Sylvester, Cessnock trained Olimba (Anna Roper, $3.10 equal fav.) in the 1100 metres Aqua West Maiden Handicap and the Mack Griffith, Mudgee trained Johnny Dash (Anna Roper, $6.50) in the 1100 metres Three Rivers Machinery Case IH Country Boosted Benchmark 66 Handicap.
