It came as a bit of a shock to her owners but Cathay Belle’s performance in the Piddington’s Maiden Handicap in Armidale on Saturday was one to remember.
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The George Woodward-trained mare started at the front and never let another horse get in front.
When she hit the home stretch she accelerated even further to win well clear of Talented Miss.
Owner Kim Grant thought the wet and soggy track conditions wouldn’t do her any favours. He believed the four-year-old would run last.
"Just shock and disbelief,” he said.
"I was going to sell her to a girl as a pony club horse because I didn't think she was any good but she must have got wind of that.
I was going to sell her to a girl as a pony club horse because I didn't think she was any good but she must have got wind of that.
- Kim Grant
"I rang George to say we should scratch her because the rain is probably going to make her no good.
"He said 'she really needs a run somewhere'.
"She just took off and left them for dead.”