Ricky Duggan stretched his amazing winning record in The Elderslie Horse Care and Spelling Two-Year-Old Sweepstakes Final to four years in a row in Hobart on Friday night.
Paul Hill prepared Chica Bella (2015), Playing Arkabella (2016), with Rod Ashwood training Vouvray Beach (2017) to win the Two-Year-Old Fillies Feature and now the Big Jim-Laagirl offspring Enterprising Milly ($1.45) has added her name to the trophy with a courageous victory.
Ricky Duggan has been in the sulky on each occasion and was full of praise for Enterprising Milly's (pictured-inside N0.2) effort to score by a half neck over the second elect Spoilt Sport.
"Enterprising Milly deserved her success tonight, she was strong enough to sit in the death and hold off a classy filly in the straight," said Ricky.
"Rod (Ashwood) had his filly on our back from the start and I could feel her breathing down my neck at the turn off the back so I knew we were going to have a battle on our hands. Enterprising Milly is a very relaxed filly and she responded well when I called upon her coming off the turn in the back straight she ran home her last half in 58-seconds and was still giving strongly on the line."
Just half an hour later Duggan was in the gig behind the unbeaten Roger Whitmore-trained colt Resurgent Storm.
The Betterthancheddar-Resurgent Star youngster was successful in the Prelude a fortnight ago and found himself in the same position outside the leader in the Final.
"There was a few that got fired up in the score-up and just before dispatch point so I eased and allowed him to settle back before sliding up to the leader's wheel," said the Hall Of Fame reinsman.
Rohan Hillier found the top with the Steve Lukac prepared Jackson Neptune, just as he had done in the Prelude with the favourite stalking him every step of the way.
"JacksonNeptune is a smart youngster, he stuck on well in the Prelude so I didn't want him having to easy a run in front," said Duggan.
"My bloke was travelling well so we moved up to put some pressure on and he ran to the front strongly, I had to keep him going as he can get a little lazy when he is on his own but you also know there is more in the tank if required, he is a real little racehorse that's for sure, he's got all the attributes to be a top-notcher."
Duggan had his eye-in early in the night steering Jaks Teller ($2.30) to victory in the Rexel North Hobart Pace.
The Juanita McKenzie-trained four-year-old took his career record to nine wins from a dozen starts scoring by an ever-widening 8.4-metres.
"He drove well tonight, better than his last outing in Launceston, he's had his problems and Juanita's done a great job with him, he'll never be 100% but he's got a big motor and can really go so he's always a threat in whatever race he's in," said Ricky.
The star driver capped off the night with the Paul Ashwood prepared Krafty Boy ($1.75) leading all the way in the last, the Green Electrical Pace.
"It was a drop in class for Krafty Boy from his heat run in the Globe Derby in Launceston on Monday afternoon, he only just held on to win by a head but he got home and that's all he had to do," said a contented Ricky Duggan as he bagged his fourth win for the night.
Watch the Paul Hill-trained, Ricky Duggan driven, Enterprising Milly stave off the challenge of Spoilt Sport to snare their fourth Two-Year-Old Fillies Sweepstakes Feature on the trot in Race 5.
