In a nice position from the outset behind Larynx, Sue's Girlfriend and Mornay, Messy Miss ($4.80 favourite) charged to the lead in the straight and held on to beat Gadfly (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $7.50) by a length with Sue's Girlfriend (Liam Blanch, $7.50) three lengths away in third.

Rain in the lead-up to the meeting was a welcome boost for Messy Miss, who now has seven wins from 24 starts and is owned by Neville Taunton and partners from Trundle.

Earlier in the day, Clayton Gallagher had won the Equine Hospital-Pet Medical Centre Maiden Plate (1300m) on Lord Of Helicon ($20) for Narromine trainer Kylie Kennedy and the Nutrien Ag Solutions Maiden Plate (1300m) on the Brett Thompson-trained Riders In The Stand ($2.70 favourite).

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It continued a fine run for Gallagher, who won the Keady Family Crystal Sprint on the Dar Lunn-trained Classy Rebel ($10) and the Class 2 Handicap on the Robb-trained Bean Hot ($3.20) at Coonamble the prior weekend.

Robb is also racing in fine form and his Dandy Cup win followed a dominant victory for On A Promise in the $50,000 Picnic Championship Final at Coonamble.

After her win with Lord Of Helicon, local Narromine trainer Kylie Kennedy again had the crowd cheering on Saturday when Fiveash (Rachael Murray, $7) won the Douglas Egan Memorial Benchmark 58 Handicap (1600m).

After travelling fourth to the home turn, Fiveash finished best to account for Olivander (Madeline Owen, $4.20 fav.) and Dead On Time (Blanch, $12).

Bred to be good, the Kody Nestor-trained Talbragar won the Maiden Handicap (1100m) in his first race start.

By the superstar sire Snitzel from Golden Slipper winner Overreach, Talbragar (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $2.80 fav.) led throughout to defeat Lucid Dreamer (Brooke Stower, $21) and Extra Flash (Marina Morel, $16).

Pracey-Holmes was also in the saddle on the Gulgong-based Thompson-trained Hampton Cove ($2.25 fav.), which led all the way in the Ag Auto Spark Maiden Handicap (1100m).

Back riding winners after a long time out with serious injury, Stower gave the Garry Lunn-trained Beyonmore ($14) a good run on the rails behind the leaders before winning the Narromine Shire Class 1 & Maiden Plate (1600m) from Polished Penny (Pracey-Holmes, $12) and Bella (Owen, $21).

After Stephane Joseph was injured in a fall from Cod Bye in an early race another apprentice, Madeline Owen, was the replacement jockey for Valerian in the Three Rivers Machinery Benchmark 50 Handicap (1100m).

Trained at Cowra by Andrew Molloy for his sister Katie Molloy, Valerian ($7) took the lead in the straight and won by a neck from Jarmanagic (Blanch, $14) with a head to the third placed Annie's Missile (Tiffany Jeffries, $11).

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