After winning at Bathurst on Wednesday night, veteran trainer Pay labelled Bid For Stardom one of the best horses he's worked with.

The four-year-old gelding backed up that statement by coming out on Friday night and winning again in dominant fashion at Parkes Harness Racing Club.

Driven by the trainer's grandson and starting in the back row again, Bid For Stardom delivered as the $2.60 favourite in the APG Bonus Certificate Pace (2040m) by more than 14 metres.

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It was another calm and controlled drive from the younger Pay, but vastly different to the one produced at Bathurst.

On Wednesday night he relied on Bid For Stardom's impressive ability to sprint late as he ran down the leaders and won, but at Parkes he opted to set the pace.

After settling deep in the field early after starting from gate nine, Pay and Bid For Stardom moved around the outside to take the lead midway through the first lap.

That's where the pair stayed for the rest of the journey.

There was a brief moment on the final lap when Lucky Lyla ($9) briefly pushed forward to threaten on the outside of the leader down the back straight, but Pay quickly urged Bid For Stardom to a higher gear.

He responded in style and went on to cruise to a commanding win, one recorded in a mile-rate of 2:00:7.

Bid For Stardom's record now stands at nine wins and seven placings from 25 starts and trainer Grey Pay is all too aware it might become harder to find races for his star.

The trainer said following the Bathurst win he would consider sending Bid To Stardom to Brisbane or Melbourne as well as Sydney should he continue to put strong runs together.

While Friday night was another good one for the Pay family, trainer-driver Nathan Turnbull had more reason to cheer than most.

After a string of runner-up results over the past couple of weeks Turnbull found his breakthrough 500th career driving victory on Friday.

Turnbull drove the Josh Turnbull-trained Lucky Cruz ($4.80) to success in the NSWSOA & APGGOLD Pace (1660m), flying past odds-on favourite Sheza Rockstar ($1.60, Mat Rue) on the turn for home.

"I've had a good couple of chances to get there over the last couple of weeks," Turnbull said.

"You think it's never going to come, but I knew my best chance would be in the first two races on Friday night.

"It was great to get the monkey off the back early."

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