Orange trainer Alison Smith has clocked up another winner in a successful summer on the track with Anthony Cavello riding Audio Bay to victory in the Allandale Merino Stud Maiden Handicap in Wellington on Sunday.
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Audio Bay led out of the blocks and despite trading places at the front of the pack with Alexandra Demure and Anchor Woman, the four-year-old mare was able to hold her place at the front of the pack.
Coming down the home straight with 200 metres to go, Audio Bay never looking in doubt, winning the $22,000 feature ahead of Barsan and a fast finishing Wee Lassie, who overtook Justin W Stanley’s Alexandra Demure on the line.
Anchor Woman faded on the straight despite staying with Audio Bay at the start of the race.
Audio Bay had two fourths in her first two runs with Smith’s stable, having formerly been owned by Dubbo trainer Gary Lunn.
One of those was in Dubbo on December 21 behind Sipharderson and See For Yourself, while the other fourth was in Canberra just after the New Year on January 4, and trainer Smith said it was fantastic to see Audio Bay claim a maiden win in her stable.
“It’s good to see her finally break through, she was doing a little bit wrong with her racing and over-racing but in time she’ll get better with that,” Smith said.
“It’s only her third start for me so all three runs have been good runs, there were a few niggly problems we had to get right and she’s fully fit and obviously racing accordingly.”