The winning treble ridden by Greg Ryan at Forbes on Saturday included a double, We Love Rugby and Hu Hit Hu, for local trainer Dennis Bush.
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The three win haul for the champion jockey began with the Graham Grimmond, Condobolin trained Zarwrinkles in the Shead & Nicholson/Walkers AG N Vet 1200 metres Maiden Handicap.
Parked in a good spot by Ryan, Zarwrinkles ($4.80) broke clear in the straight and won by over four lengths from Lolly (Amelia Denby, $21) and Call Me Trinity (Tony Cavallo,$17).
The following race, the Achesons Home Timber & Hardware Class 2 Handicap (1400 metres), saw the Dennis Bush, Forbes trained We Love Rugby (Greg Ryan, $2.30 favourite) gain a rails run at the top of the straight and sprint to a three lengths win over Dragon’s Shadow (Robbie Brewer, $3.80) and All Ellie (Richard Bensley,$9.50).
Bringing up the treble for Greg Ryan and double for Dennis Bush, Hu Hit Hu ($2.30 fav.) enjoyed a charmed run behind the Cobar sprinter Vonnida and eventually scored by over a length from Naoko (Kath Bell-Pitomac, $13) and Fairy Fragments (Amelia Denby, $13) in the Forbes Magpies Group 11 Premiers Benchmark 56 Handicap,1100 metres.
Hu Hit Hu and We Love Rugby are both raced by the Taylor family from Sydney and are half sisters being from the mare Sacred Hit.
After wins at Mendooran and Mungery (Picnic Cup), five year old mare Viva Lavino completed the hat-trick when a convincing winner of the 1600 metres Peter Maher Shearing Services & Bryton Wool Benchmark 58 Handicap.
Well ridden by Tiffany Jeffries for her mother the Parkes trainer Sharon Jeffries, Viva Lavino ($13) tracked the leaders before finishing best to account for Son Of A Fox (Greg Ryan, $3.90) and Chief Of Arlington (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $5).
Viva Lavino is part owned by Alex Prout the 2018 Parkes Spacemen rugby league captain/coach and husband of the winning jockey Tiffany Jeffries.
Dubbo trainer Michael Lunn had three starters in the Forbes Machinery Centre/Lachlan Readymix Maiden Handicap (1200 metres) and it was his grey gelding Churbro (Richard Bensley,$9.50) which produced a big finish from well back to beat Duntroon Man (Andrew Banks,$7) and Dastaan (Tony Cavallo,$3.50).
There were plenty amongst the big crowd at Forbes who backed the winning favourites from the Dennis Bush stable however it was a $19 chance Bee Double Bee taking out the final event, the 1100 metres Forbes Caravan & Cabin Parks Benchmark 58 Handicap.
The Rodney Robb, Nyngan trained Bee Double Bee (Katelyn Jenkinson) rushed down the outside to beat Dart Street (Andrew Banks, $8) and Good Verdict (Robbie Brewer, $8).
The $500 cash prize donated by Peter Maher Shearing Services and Danny Molly of MBR Clothing for the Trainers Pointscore was shared by Brett Thompson and Dennis Bush.
Under drought conditions, curator Tom Molloy and Colin Hurford produced a very well presented racecourse.
Racing at Narromine Saturday, Coonabarrabran Monday.
