Hewitt's night to remember

15 March 2017
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Trainer-driver Brad Hewitt

Trainer-driver Brad Hewitt Photo by Coffee Photography

AMANDA RANDO | @Amanda_Rando 

GOULBURN horseman Brad Hewitt is still pinching himself following his dominant feature race haul at Young’s TAB Carnival Of Cups meeting last Saturday night.

With just four horses nominated at the meeting, the recently turned 28-year-old won with all of them.

And the biggest upset of them all was the horse that set the tone of the evening, Our Triple Play.

It was Hewitt’s first winner of the night and the colt beat the $1.30 favourite Astride convincingly in Young Derby at odds of $10.70.

“The race didn’t actually pan out as I expected it would but I can’t not be happy with how it turned out,” Hewitt said.

“I thought I would end up behind Astride but he didn’t come out of the gate as I expected so I had to go to Plan B.

“I did a bit more work in the run than what I wanted to do but the horse went enormous.”

As a result of rating the third quarter in 26.4 seconds, one of the fastest 400m seen at the Young track, Our Triple Play clocked the final mile in a rate of 1:56.8, setting a new track record for the 2100m distance in the process.

Hewitt caused a minor boilover in the following event when Spare Me Days ($5.40) beat the $2.20 public elect Yayas Hot Spot in the Group 3 Cordina Chicken Farms Young Cup.

Spare Me Days made it back-to-back Young Cups after gaining a dream run when initially being pocketed three back on the pegs.

“I thought me bloke was good enough to win,” Hewitt said.

“He’s been going super just has had no luck.”

Hewitt was back in the bike the following race and took out the Young Oaks with Sheza Sharpie.

The $3.50 chance held on in the shadows of the post from a fast finishing Shezallapples and the $2.10 favourite Don’t Think Twice close behind in third.

Hewitt’s next winner Recipe For Dreaming was much shorter at $1.20 with the New South Wales TAB.

The gelding led throughout to rate a personal best 1:56.8 at just his third start in Australia.

“I didn’t expect to come away with four winners,” Hewitt said.

“I thought Recipe For Dreaming was my best chance of the night and Sheza Sharpie was my next best.”

The wins of Recipe For Dreaming and Sheza Sharpie helped raise money towards the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Prostate Cancer Support Group on the night as the Young Club and Harness Racing NSW donated $500 each when a horse that carried a number four saddlecloth finished in the top three placings. 

  

 

Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) is the controlling body for harness racing in New South Wales with responsibility for commercial and regulatory management of the industry including 33 racing clubs across the State.  HRNSW is headed by a Board of Directors and is independent of Government.

 

To arrange an interview or for further information please contact:

AMANDA RANDO | MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

(02) 9722 6600 •  arando@hrnsw.com.au •  @Amanda_Rando

 

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