Wayne Prisk, the only trainer in the town, led in a winning double including the cup winner Dancing In The Sky on Saturday, June 1 at Cobar.
Sharing ownership of Dancing In The Sky and Mr Pointer with Wayne Prisk is another local Butch Eves and their success was very popular with the record-breaking crowd at the immaculately prepared Cobar racecourse.
A great supporter of Cobar and other race clubs in the western region, Wayne Prisk started a big team on Saturday and also had placings with Chapel Lane (third in the cup), Rylstone Rocket, Banjo Shark, and Sunmaster.
In the 1700 metres Westrac Cobar Cup, the heavily supported Chapel Lane led the nine-horse field to the home turn with Miss Italiana and Dancing In The Sky ready to challenge while Valadyium and Beg Me were closest of the rest.
Miss Italiana (Shannen Llewellyn, $2.60 favourite) gained a rails run to take a narrow lead but was overhauled and beaten a short head by Dancing In The Sky (Nyssa Burrells, $8) with Chapel Lane (Dylan Stanley, $4.60) in third place.
For the winning jockey Nyssa Burrells, it was a triumph after making a comeback from yet another life-threatening race fall injury.
Wayne Prisk has always supported Nyssa Burrells and she has often made the long trip from the southern highlands to ride for the Cobar trainer. Burrells and Prisk had earlier combined with Mr Pointer ($4) the all-the-way winner of the 1000 metres Sullivans Mining and Hardware and Inland Petroleum-Lou Simon Memorial Benchmark 58 Handicap from stablemate Banjo Shark (Hannah Johnston, $15) and Queensland visitor Za Hidden Dragon (Jessica Brookes, $6).
Dubbo trainer Connie Greig who has won several races including Cups at Cobar over recent years had a winning double on Saturday with Have Mercy and Chookster.
Given a good run behind the three duelling leaders by Georgina McDonnell, Have Mercy ($3.80) shot away to win by almost four lengths from Seeburg (Jessica Brookes, $6.50) and the strong-finishing Mean Girls (James Rogers, $4.80) in the 1200 metres Nutrien Russell and Silkman Austen Brown Lawyers Vinny Delaney Memorial Class One Handicap.
Tracking the leader Torrid Affair to the home turn, the strongly supported Chookster (Wendy Peel, $3 favourite) broke clear to win the 1370 metres DJW and Broughton Field Services-Dr Allan Brady Memorial BM 45 Handicap by over four lengths from Well Decorated (Angela Cooper, $17) and Sun Master (Nyssa Burrells, $12).
The in-form apprentice Shannen Llewellyn was aboard the Rodney Robb, Nyngan trained Illusive Star ($5) which led throughout to defeat Smokin Soldier (Chelsea Stanley, $15) and Bupkis (Shayleigh Ingelse, $2.20 fav.) in the 1200 metres SCG Mechanical and Tyre Doctor-Buckman Memorial BM 50 Handicap. Dubbo trainer Clint Lundholm won the final race at Wellington on Thursday with Pyromania and the first at Cobar with Fields Of Fire.
Headed in the straight by Cashmere Inn, Fields Of Fire ($2 fav.) was the first leg of a winning double for Georgina McDonnell when fighting back to beat Rylstone Rocket (Nyssa Burrells, $5) and Cashmere Inn (Andrew Banks, $3) in the 1000 metres Cobar Steel, Cyend Construction and MSD Mining Solutions - George Booth Memorial Maiden Plate.
