JUST over a week after Terryrama produced one of the greatest upsets ever seen at the current Bathurst Paceway the Hutchings stable had more good times to celebrate at the track when Soldtoyoulady was victorious on Sunday night.
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Terryrama gave the Parkes racing family a stunning Group 1 victory during the recent $100,000 TAB Western Region Championships Final and it wouldn't be long before they were in celebration mode once again.
Soldtoyoulady ($9.50, Malcolm Hutchings) flicked on the afterburners to take victory away from Barry Lew's Karloo Bodacious ($1.90 favourite, Mat Rue) and Myra Dawn ($9.50, Stephanie Burley), who looked certain to battle it out in a two horse finish until Hutchings' mare arrived on the scene.
Soldtoyoulady pipped the Dubbo-trained Karloo Bodacious by a head, who in turn beat Steve Turnbull's Myra Dawn by a half neck.
Mo Chara ($51, Robert Harris) was in with a chance of also bringing down the leaders but was blocked for a run with 50m to go, finishing fourth by only a metre.
Winning trainer-driver Malcolm Hutchings said the last few weeks have been a dream for the family.
"[Soldtoyoulady] also went good in the big series the other week in the consolation, and our other horse was lucky enough to win the final so we've had a really big 10 days," he said.
"It's very rewarding to see the work that we're all putting in pay off. My wife, Daphne, and the two boys [Brett and Mitch] all help. It's a great family business."
The winning mile rate on Sunday night was 2:00.5.
Soldtoyoulady was very consistent across the entire Regional Championship series and was unfortunate to miss out on a place in the big race - in which her stablemate succeeded in at huge odds.
She finished fourth in both her heat attempts and finished in the same position for the consolation event.