Jake Pracey-Holmes achieved a career best five winners when riding before a massive crowd on Saturday at the iconic outback race meeting held at Louth.
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The haul for the young Gulgong-based jockey included victory in the $12,000 Louth Cup winner, as he saluted with eight-year-old mare Streak On.
A last start Geelong winner, Streak On was recently purchased from Victorian stables with the specific intention to win the 2000m Louth Cup for Tamworth trainer Sue Grills.
The syndicate comprised Scott Waters from Somerton, Mark Ward from Condobolin and professional bull riders Tom Henry, Riley Gibson and Ethan Watts from the northern tablelands.
After setting the pace, Streak On ($2.30 favourite) was headed turning for home but fought back to win by a short head from Sword Fighter (Chelsea Ings, $13) while Strike Zone (Simone Vella, $17), was third.
Following the Cup, Streak On was sold at auction for $4,000, having scored five wins in 50 starts so far.
Bookmakers had some hefty payouts after the Wayne Prisk, Cobar-trained Vonnida landed a betting plunge in the Trilby Station Stay and Sullivan's Mining & Hardware Benchmark 55 Handicap (1200m.)
Raced by a syndicate from the Cobar Camels rugby union club, Vonnida ($6 into $3.60 favourite), with Pracey-Homes in the saddle, led for home and won by nearly two lengths from More Than Art (Chelsea Ings, $3.80) and Maximoo (Katelyn Jenkinson, $10).
The other winners for Pracey-Homes were I'll Tell Ya ($7) for Wagga trainer Chris Heywood, I’m Ticking Over for Brett Thompson and Worthy Rival ($3) trained by Wayne Collison from Narromine.
Golden Twist, a recent addition to the Barry Molloy stable at Forbes after a sole win with three previous trainers, was a convincing winner of the McDonald & Co Woolbuyers Class 1 Handicap (1000m) at Louth.
Owned by George Tanks from Parkes and ridden by Dubbo apprentice Kaylee Kirkwood, Golden Twist ($5) led all the way and won by more than two lengths from Coop'N'Demp (Rasit Yetimova, $17) and Dublin Dan (Nyssa Burrells, $3.50 favourite)
Ridden by Dubbo jockey Ken Dunbar, the Rodger Waters-trained grey gelding Gagarin ($4.60) was a strong winner of the Clyde Cotton Ginning Class 2 Handicap (1400m) from Calibrium (Erhan Kacmaz, $13) and Eskimo King (Simone Vella, $3.80).