Wimmera picks up four wins and a third in Swan Hill

Swan Hill proved a happy hunting ground for Wimmera trainers and jockeys last weekend.

By Rosalea Ryan

At the Cup presentation, Sonia, club chairman Brian Mansbridge, jockey Cian MacRedmond and Swan Hill Jockey Club's Carl Hufer pose with Second Fix.

Hosting its St Patrick's Day meet on Sunday, two days ahead of the day itself, Swan Hill celebrated a seven-race program on a track rated "good".

Horsham's Christine Puls and Dean Yendall both rode winners, and Andrew Bobbin and Paul Preusker tasted success with starters from their stables.

Yendall's win was the first of the day for the Wimmera contingent and he led the field home aboard Bimballa in race 3, the Camr Plumbing Maiden Plate.

Riding Surprisatic, Puls backed up with victory in the next event, race 4, the Arentz Electrical Handicap.

In race 5, sponsored by Sun Centre Curtains & Blinds, it was Bobbin's turn to step into the limelight as Cliste (with Cian MacRedmond in the saddle) crossed the line in first place.

MacRedmond gave Bobbin's fellow Wimmera trainer Preusker the title in the final race of the day and the meeting's feature, race 7, the Pooles Accountants St Patrick's Cup.

Under his hand, the five-year-old gelding Second Fix picked up the win.

Yendall ran third in the Cup on the Nathan Hobson-trained Hydrogen Power.