Kyogle Town, trained by Moree’s Peter Blanch claimed bragging rights over fellow local Peter Sinclair in race six.

Kyogle Town registered his fourth win from four starts, finishing ahead of Sinclair’s Liberty Shopper who ran third.

Blanch commended the work of jockey Sophie Young who he said rode him very well from start to finish, carrying out his instructions perfectly.

“The instructions I gave Sophie on the weekend was to ensure he was in the front three for as long as possible because he likes to be on the pace or not too far off it, which enables him to maintain his position for the sprint to the finish,” Blanch said.

“He accelerates very well and not too many other horses can go with him but he almost went through the fence at Mungindi because they didn’t have any rails. 

“We could have lost him; it was a bit scary but Sophie did very well to pull him up and bring him back.”

Incidently, Kyogle Town, over the 1400m trip in the last race was faster than the Cup winner, while carrying a heavier weight.

Kyogle Town will be in action again on Tuesday week in a TAB race and Blanch is hopeful his horse can continue its perfect start.

“We’re looking to start him at Moree next Tuesday so the race on Saturday was good preparation for that. 

“He’s in outstanding form and he’s continuing to improve.

“He’s pulled up well after Saturday; I took him out to the paddock for a run on Sunday in the sunshine which he enjoyed. He’s eating well, he’s not too sore.”

Secretary Anna Harrison said the day was enjoyable for everyone with a good vibe around the track due to the event coinciding with the school holidays.

“There were a lot of young people trackside which contributed to the atmosphere of the day – it was definitely our best one yet,” she said.

“(You normally gauge your experience at the races) based on the weather conditions – if it’s raining it makes it less enjoyable so we were lucky we had beautiful weather. We wouldn’t have done anything differently and will look to continue to make it bigger and better again next year.

“The day was a complete success, the race fields had good entrants because of the nearest races being in Queensland. [There were] plenty of good horses competing.”

In the other races, local trainers Martin Fernando, Sheree McEwan, Danny Frahm and Raymond Tighe all missed out on placings, but their horses ran well to finish in the middle of the field.

Record numbers flocked through the gates with about 700-800 making their way to the track to have a drink with friends, place a bet and soak up the atmosphere and conditions, or a combination of all three.

“The track was rated as good by Racing NSW so that was another positive about the day; we couldn’t have asked for a better one.”

Earlier in the day, Etched In Glass, ridden by Deborah McMaster and trained by Wayne Baker from Toowoomba broke a 20-year record with a time of 1:09:59 in the 1200m race.

Looped was victorious in race five, the feature race of the day – the Mungindi Cup – ridden by Geoff Snowden and trained by Wayne Oakenfull from Inverell, as it followed in the footsteps of Gold Buckle in 2012 to claim the 1400m main event.

Carli Browne took out the female section in the Fashions On The Field while Mick Brosnan was the best dressed male. 

Alice Kenny won the “E” Award.