On an expedition to the famous Birdsville racing carnival in outback Queensland next weekend,a convoy of trainers including Rodney Robb (Nyngan), Paul Theobald (Bathurst) and "Wacky Pennell (Carinda) had starters at remote Betoota last Saturday.
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The Rodney Robb trained Jen See See ($2.80) ridden by Dubbo jockey Kody Nestor won the Class B Handicap, 800 metres, from Queensland galloper Agent Albert (Garry Geran, $2.40 fav.) with Heeby Frenly (Ken Dunbar, $8.00) trained by Paul Theobald running third and "Wacky" Pennell's Hong Kong Phooey (Clayton Gallagher),fifth.
In the $13,000 Betoota Cup (1600 metres) Rodney Robb's pair Hyacintha (Mathew Palmer, $6.00) and Rusty Motorbike (Clayton Gallagher, $4.40) finished second and third respectively behind the Heather Lehman,Queensland trained More Alpha (Kayla Cross, $5.00)
Modest Hero dodged early trouble before winning the 1700 metres DJW Cobar Picnic Cup on Saturday for Nyngan trainer Rodney Robb.
On the first turn local galloper The End veered off the track and caused severe interference to its stablemates First Defence and Teraset.
The End dumped Jockey Alan Barton and escaped the racecourse.
Meanwhile,Modest Hero (Annelise King, $3.00 equal favourite) railed to the lead and thereafter was'nt headed when beating the Wayne Prisk,Cobar trained pair First Defence (Ricky Blewitt, $3.00 eq.fav) and Teraset (Billy Owen, $3.60).
Wayne Prisk,the only trainer at Cobar,had been a big help to the committee organising the inaugural Cobar Picnics and appropriately won the opening event, the MCA Maiden Plate,1000 metres, with Miashly.
The first of 4 winners at the meeting for Canberra jockey Billy Owen, Miashly ($3.60) at start 31 broke through after nine minor placings when leading all the way to score by five lengths from Ultimate Joy (Annelise King, $3.80 ) and Would I Lie To You (Michael Gray, $3.00 fav).
Switched round the leaders Kabloom and Barakula,Stoneyrise (Billy Owen, $4.20) accelerated to a 5 lengths win over Emerald Fortune (Ricky Blewitt, $3.20 fav) and Barakula (Michael Gray, $6.00).
Lucky Cash ended a frustrating sequence of minor placings when winning a Maiden at Carinda and backed up to win again at Cobar for Coonamble trainer Lindsey Kennedy.
With Billy Owen aboard, Lucky Cash ($3.80) travelled outside the leader Bold Suggestion before taking control and beating Off The Bottom (Ricky Blewitt, $5.00) and Roseanna (Annelise King, $3.50 fav.) in the Landmark Russell Class B Handicap,1000 metres.
