Aesop's Fable wrote another winning chapter as she added the Coonamble Cup to her success story on Sunday, just a month after her Dubbo Gold Cup glory a month ago.
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The Peter Sinclair-trained mare stormed home to take out the $75,000 feature and make it two wins from three starts under the guidance of the veteran trainer.
But while the Dubbo Cup triumph wasn't originally in the plans - Sinclair only entered Aesop's Fable after the Moree Cup was washed out - the Coonamble Cup was always a target.
That, and the Coonabarabran Cup, which will be her next assignment in a couple of weeks.
The second favourite, Sinclair said the race went better than planned. After drawing barrier 15 of 16, he was admittedly "very fearful". "I just said to [jockey] Ash (Morgan) go back and ride her for luck," he said.
His concern was that having to come across from the second outside barrier, she would "get too far back". But Morgan produced a gem of a ride.
"His ride was as good a ride as you'll ever see," Sinclair said. "He rode her perfect."
He was able to get the five-year-old across to settle in the middle of the field on the rail and then find a trail through the middle in the straight.
Even still, at the 200 she was giving the leaders a couple of lengths. But similar to her run at Dubbo, she flashed home over the closing stages. "She's got a great will to win," Sinclair said.
He didn't actually see the race live. He was driving back to Moree with his two earlier runners.
"I had four horses, two in the first and two in the last couple," he said. "We took two separate trailers down to give the last two a chance." It would have otherwise been 11 hours from leaving to racing for them.
Listening to the call on the radio, Sinclair conceded he didn't know whether she was going to get there.
Aesop's Fable went on to win by a length from Scott Singleton's Rich and Shameless with Ready to Humble another length away third.