Well-bred mare Our Lansdowne Road will be out to continue her love affair with the Dubbo Paceway on Saturday night.
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The Bathurst-trained four-year-old has an overall record of six wins and 12 placings from 42 starts, but saves her best efforts for the trip west.
From seven starts at the Dubbo track she has won four races and finished third on three occasions.
On Saturday night she will line up from a good draw in the West Dubbo IGA Pace (2120m).
Trainer-driver Greg Rue will be in the sulky behind the Ponder (USA) x Lips To Kiss mare, who hails from a family he has had plenty of success with over many years.
Lips To Kiss is owned by good clients of the Rue stable, and over the years her progeny have all been named following the same theme – rugby stadiums.
Twickenham was the first of her progeny, with the Nikalong Shadow gelding winning 23 race and almost $100,000 in prizemoney.
Then came Cardiff Arms (by River Khan), which amassed close to $60,000 in prizemoney from a career that netted 15 victories.
Murrayfield, by Aces N Sevens (USA) didn’t have quite the same amount of success but Art Major (USA) gelding Parc De Princes, named after a Parisian stadium, was another that won multiple races and broke the two-minute mile rate.
Our Lansdowne Road is the only other foal of Lips To Kiss to make it to the track and she is building quite a good reputation.
Best-known as a mare with a strong finishing burst, she is generally suited in races where there is some tempo up front and she is able to find her feet through the early stages.
From barrier three on Saturday night Rue will no doubt endeavour to have her close to the leaders but the race looms as an intriguing battle of tactics.
Despite there being only six runners, each of them have been prolific winners through their careers and Our Lansdowne Road is giving away plenty of race experience to her rivals.
Polemarker Loves The Show has won six races, Nathan Hurst’s handy pacer The Matrix is an 11-time winner, while Signory Shannon has passed the post first on 20 occasions.
Wendy Turnbull’s flashy black gelding Likeallofus has won 12 from 64 with 18 minor placings thrown in while the veteran of the field, Catch your breath, will be chasing win number 27 at start 125.
The West Dubbo IGA Pace (2120m) is race five on the seven-event card, which has drawn a good mix of runners from Dubbo and other parts of the central west.
The first race on the TAB program is scheduled to be run at 5:52pm while the last will leave the mobile at 8:45pm.
