Conviction secured a second piece of silverware in as many weeks with victory in the $12,240 Tri Tech Refrigeration Cowra Cup on Sunday afternoon, one week after winning the Dubbo Presidents Cup.
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The four-year-old gelding did it with relative ease too, busting away from the field at the top of the straight to go on to win by 11.3m from defending champion Parramatta in a winners’ mile rate of 2:00.00s.
It marked his second straight feature race victory for The Lagoon trainer Steve Turnbull, who was pleased to notch Conviction’s 13th career triumph featuring in the gig at Cowra Paceway.
“He always works really well and he has a lot of ability and he’s shown that on and off through the years. Today he went well. I always knew he had the ability,” Turnbull said.
Conviction ($9) and Turnbull had a perfect run from gate six and settled in behind Nathan Turnbull’s trained Parramatta who led for most of the 2,520 metres journey.
Entering the home straight Conviction peeled wide of Parramatta and sped home in a 29.9 seconds final quarter to win comfortably, finishing 11.3 metres clear of his nearest rival.
While it was a win the trainer-driver enjoyed, there was more reason for his family to smile at the conclusion of the feature as his children filled the minor placings.
Son Nathan Turnbull drove Parramatta ($10.40) to second – snagging yet another placing in a cup feature – while daugher Amanda Turnbull guided My Bettor Bella ($5.10) to third, a further 4.8m back.
On top of that, Steve Turnbull enjoyed a winning double at the meeting as Art Series ($2.70 favourite) won the Charlie Muddle Memorial earlier in the day.
Amanda Turnbull drove Art Series, who edged out the Dennis Picker-trained Bella Ball Terror by a neck.
It capped off a driving race-to-race double for Amanda Turbull who trained and drove Sir Cracker to victory in the Marks Pumps and Cowra Veterinary Centre Pace the race before.
Nathan Turnbull also had success on the day driving Glenferrie Crest to her maiden win in the TAB.com.au Maiden Pace and backing that up with victory in the Sam Agostino Memorial with Freddy Funk.
Brad Hewitt’s My Casino Belle and Neil Day’s Blackwhiteandblue booked tickets to Menangle after winning the two Country Series Heats respectively.
Other winners on the day were trainer Tony Hagney and driver Trent Rue with Tim McGee in the Lachlan River Produce Pace and Ellen Bartley who celebrated driving her trained Glenisla to victory.