Eight year old gelding Any Blinkin' Day reinforced the "horses for courses" theory when winning the final race at the recent Dubbo TAB meeting.
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Trained at the track by Clint Lundholm, Any Blinkin' Day has recorded 10 wins with eight of those wins being at Dubbo.
During a 62 start career, Any Blinkin' Day has raced at 17 tracks and apart from the impressive tally at Dubbo there has been a single win at both Narromine and Parkes.
Commencing the racing career in 2014, Any Blinkin' Day won the prestigious Kings Hall Jewellers Silver Goblet for two year olds, at Dubbo, when ridden by Daniel Northey.
The biggest win to date came in 2016 when Any Blinkin' Day with Tony Cavallo in the saddle won the Dubbo City Toyota Dubbo Gold Cup.
Taking the mount last Friday was Georgina McDonnell and although she had previously ridden 12 winners it was her first win for Clint Lundholm to whom she is now apprenticed.
Reaching the lead from Dusky Damsel in the home straight, Any Blinkin' Day (Georgina McDonnell, $15) held on gamely to win by a half length from Five Star Gal (Kate Cowan, $18) in the 1420 metres Adors Party Hire Benchmark 58 Handicap.
Sons Of Bourke, the other winner at the meeting for trainer Clint Lundholm, also has a good record at the track with three of the five career wins, plus seven placings, being at Dubbo.
On the other side of the coin, Sons Of Bourke had previously not been effective on the wet having been unplaced at all 9 starts on soft to heavy going however the six year old gelding turned that around with an outstanding win on the rain affected track at Dubbo, taking career earnings to $125,000.
