Winning Horse: Dinga (AUS)

4yoG Safeguard (Aus) - Macchiato (Aus)(O'reilly (NZ))

15 starts - 3 wins 2 seconds 4 thirds 1 fourth $71450

Other Wins

1st Ballarat Hygain Winners Choice (Bm58) 1000m (2020)

1st Casterton Mg Trading Mdn Plate 1200m (2019)

Race Result:

1st: Dinga (S Wilde/D Thornton) - $18

2nd: Moor Wanted (P Chow/J Richards) - $4.20
3rd: Yulong Knight (R Blacker/H Grace) - $51

Winning Time: 1:06.93 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Long Neck x Neck

Winning Trainer: Symon Wilde

“The horses have been running well but it is just nice to get on the board, I guess. It’s nice to do it for (owner) Bill Whitehead who is a longtime supporter of ours.

“The horse ran very well last time and it was good to see him break through.

“Damien was just going to play it by ear - if he flies the gates then go for it. If not, tuck in. He really had his own plan and he executed it beautifully.”

Earlier in the day: “In the maiden hurdles, one ran second and one ran third. We thought the last two races today were our best chances. We thought it might have been a light day.

“We have some nice ones tomorrow - Glassy Miss is a very good chance.”

Winning Jockey: Damien Thornton

“Symon asked before the race what I was going to do. I said I’ll work it out when the gates open. It was a shit gate but he broke really well so I decided to go forward. They’ve been winning all day on the rail so I made good use of his gate speed and he just kept going.

“He quickened really well off the bend. He towed me into the straight so I didn’t want to let him go too early. I had a break and felt like I’d let them get to me and then go again. He was too tough. Probably out on his feet late but too tough.”