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Saunter Boy wins the Kevin Lafferty Hurdle (Image: Racing Photos)
Flashy grey Saunter Boy made it back-to-back eye-catching hurdle victories under champion jockey Steven Pateman, defying a significant betting drift to take out Sunday’s Kevin Lafferty Hurdle (3200m).
The son of Myboycharlie continued Pateman’s domination of the Warrnambool meeting on Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained jumpers recording their third-straight victory of the day after earlier wins with Norway and Wil John.
On the bottomless Heavy 10 track Pateman once again positioned his mount on the superior ground out wide as Saunter Boy went on to record his fourth jumps win from just six start over the obstacles.
Hugh Bowman chases milestone win at Eagle Farm Posted by: RS NewsWire+ at 12:41pm on 7/6/2021
Image: Steve Hart
Hugh Bowman is chasing his 100th Group 1 win when he rides Port Louis in the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm
Victory in the Queensland Oaks aboard Duais has put Hugh Bowman in sight of an important milestone.
If Bowman can steer Port Louis to victory in the J J Atkins Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday it will be the champion rider’s 100th success at the highest level.
After Duais’ win in the Queensland Oaks last Saturday, Bowman has 94 Group 1 wins in Australia along with four in Hong Kong and one in Japan.