THE Lagoon’s Amanda Turnbull has been first past the post at Parkes more times than she could count, but there is one race that still eludes her.
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That is the Elvis Championship final.
Turnbull has contested the Parkes feature final three times since it was included on the program in 2013, but the best she has managed is a third.
That was with Our Buller Boy ($3 favourite) in 2013, a race taken out by Eglinton trainer-driver Nathan Hurst with Tulhurst Courage.
She placed ninth in 2015 with $2.30 favourite Cullectomatic and 10th in 2014 aboard Whispering Lass.
However, this year she looks to have an ideal chance to finally clinch the Elvis Championship Final (2,040 metres).
On Wednesday night she will go from barrier four with in-form gelding Greenngold, the son of Mach Three heading into the decider on the back of four consecutive wins.
He has good gate speed and if he leads, Greenngold will be very hard to beat.
