FOUR winners and a pair of quinellas - Georges Plains trainer-driver Bernie Hewitt enjoyed one of the best Bathurst meetings of his career on Wednesday night.
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While Hewitt was not quite able to emulate his feats of March 9, 2005, when landing five winners at the old Sportsground Paceway, Wednesday was the second time four members of his team saluted at the current track since it opened in 2014.
On January 23, 2019 he had four winners and on Wednesday night he did that again.
Hewitt steered Talk About Lexy ($3.60) to victory in the opening race and quinellaed the third as son Doug won aboard The Mustang ($3.30 favourite) and he drove Dashofluck ($9.50) to second.
The father and son enjoyed another quinella when Infinity Beach ($1.20) beat home stablemate Ulaanbaatar ($5), while Always Bopping, with Bernie Hewitt in the gig, got the job done as a $1.55 favourite.
It took Hewitt's tally of training wins in New South Wales this season to 109.
It was a bit of luck which saw the streak begin in the TAB Odds and Evens Pace (1,730 metres) when favourite Burns Bay ($1.90) galloped out.
Hewitt was able to cross from barrier five to take the lead with three-year-old filly Talk About Lexy.
"He's know for having a gallop, so I thought if I could come off pretty quick it would test him. I got a good start, he was immediately under pressure and galloped," Hewitt said.
"I thought if she led she'd be very hard to beat, which is what happened. I thought it was worth having a real dig for the lead, but as it turned out I didn't have to go hard for too long at all."
Lead Talk About Lexy did, a zippy 27.9 seconds third quarter seeing her with a four-metres advantage as she turned from home. While Ball River Boy ($9.50) came at her, the daughter of Hewitt's former stable star Read About Lexy held on to win by 1.2m.
"A couple of 28s home, so she had a good first half and got home in a quick second half," he said.
"She's not as good as her Mum, but she's certainty heading in the right direction anyway.
"She's only a three-year-old so she's still got another 12 months to get a lot stronger yet I reckon. She'll make a nice mare later on."
It was the sixth win of Talk About Lexy's 19-start career and her 1:56.3 winning mile rate was just a fraction away from her career best.
