BATHURST trainer Dean Mirfin was a pleased man on Tuesday afternoon as all three of the runners he took to the Cowra Jockey Club meeting finished in the placings.
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Super Pig, the form member of Mirfin’s stables, took out the opening race as the $2.80 favourite with talented jockey Mat Cahill in the saddle.
Cahill went on to ride Marvel ($7) to third in the Peppertree Farm Equine Clinic Handicap (1,375 metres) for Mirfin, and only narrowly missed making it a winning double for the Bathurst trainer when Shelleybabe ($2 favourite) ran a half length second in the Class 2 Handicap (1,200m).
While Strathaird ($8) held off Shelleybabe over the final 400m to spring an upset, there was no denying Super Pig.
The Murphy’s Blu Boy x Social Spark six-year-old gelding arrived at Cowra in excellent touch, his current campaign having already netted wins at Bathurst and Wellington as well as solid runner-up finishes on his home track and at Gilgandra.
Further adding to Super Pig’s favouritism was the Soft 7 track, Mirfin’s runner having posted three wins and three placings previously on rain affected tracks.
Super Pig stormed home down the straight to beat home Loyal Toast ($5.50) and Dog Tags ($4.20) who dead-heated for second place around a length behind him.
“He drew to get the run of the race and he did jump third on the fence, we got a nice run and when we straightened on the inside he was good enough to take that run,” Cahill said.
