BETTY Sue Taro has so often been the source of frustration for trainer Jeanette Foley but that wasn't the case at Dawson Park on Thursday.
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Foley's bitch took out the first heat of the Dubbo RSL Club 0-2 Stakes (400m) in convincing fashion, leading from start to finish and showing no signs of the inconsistencies and bad fortune which have dogged her career.
The win was her third in 14 starts but it was her first victory since stepping up in distance.
"She's really starting to hit her straps now so that's good," Foley said after the win, before speaking about the run over 400m.
"It suits her better but you can never be 100 per cent confident, she raced at Bathurst on Monday and I thought she'd win from the three box but she tried to cross to the inside and the dog from the outside came in on her so that was the end of that.
"She's one of the only dogs I've got who's very unlucky in races, if there's going to be something happening it will be happening with her so hopefully she might have passed all that.
Betty Sue Taro ($2 favourite) jumped well from box seven and was alongside Wyembah Charlie ($2.60) early on before moving forward on her own.
It looked a race between two for the first half off the journey but Betty Sue Taro got better as the race went and by the time she hit the top of the home straight it was as good as over.
The Colin Williams-trained Wyembah Charlie held on for second while Daniel Hoskins' So Strident ($31.70) ran third.
"It's been really good and she's a trier, she never gives up but if there's trouble it will be found," Foley said of Betty Sue Taro.
Earlier in the day, Run Carmel Run broke through for her first win when she took out the Unibet Maiden (318m).
Trained by Clifford Rusten, Run Carmel Run came into the race having not won in eight starts but produced a clinical run in getting to the front early and going on with it.
The Fear Zafonic X Sun's Up bitch has shown plenty of improvement in recent times, running her first two places in her last two starts.
"She's improving every run and she'll win a few more hopefully but don't think she'll be a superstar," Rusten said.