DUBBO racing personality Tim Moses says his award-winning oaten hay was a secret weapon that saw his horse to victory in a major western region race meet last month.
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Mr Moses and partner Cindy Monaghan are the proud owners of Superbad, winner of the 2013 Brewarrina Cup and eater of oaten hay that has now taken out first prize in its section in the Dubbo Show.
Mr Moses said he was prompted to enter a bale of hay in the Dubbo Show after leading hay merchant Mick Nestor challenged him to do so.
"So I paid my $1.10 entry fee and won the $10 first prize for my efforts," Mr Moses said.
"I definitely showed Mr Nestor. He is the guru of hay making, so of course when he hears I've won he'll say 'that's the last straw'."
Mr Moses said the bale of hay would be donated to the Riding For The Disabled organisation.
"You could say they'll be quite 'chaffed' about that," he said.
Mr Moses' inaugural oaten hay entry was randomly selected from 1500 bales he had produced on his Dunedoo Road property.
"Most of those were sold to horse studs in the Hunter region," he said.
"A consolation for Mick Nestor was that he pressed those bales for me."
Mr Moses had some advice for those wishing to emulate his success.
"Plenty of fertilizer," he said.
The win in the oaten hay section was not Mr Moses' first taste of success in the Dubbo Show.
He stunned competitors when he took out the fig jam section several years back with special figs sourced from Cunnamulla in south-west Queensland.
"No one even knew I made jam, so there you go," he said.
And while it is early days yet, Mr Moses said he would definitely have another shot at the hay section in next year's show.
"I'll enter wheaten hay too, should the season be favourable," he said.
