Hat-trick for jockey
Apprentice Baylee Nothdurft claimed Clifford Park line honours at the weekend.
Nothdurft featured in the results of all bar three on Saturday as he claimed three wins and two places.
Trainer Lindsay Hatch and Nothdurft combined for the win in race one, the Create Financial Solutions Class 1 Handicap (1050m), with Mandela Dreaming sneaking home.
The six-year-old mare beat Mishani Electra by just half a length with Daniel Edmonds on board Just a Dame 1 lengths back in third place.
Nothdurft and Hatch combined for another victory in race two, the Toowoomba Truck
Spares Benchmark 60 Handicap (1200m), with Grey Steyne claiming victory.
The four-year-old grey gelding stormed home over the last 600m, setting a new class record of 35.71 seconds, to win over Sure Deal and Mac’s Gal.
Looking to build on his already rich run of form Nothdurft may well consider himself a little unlucky after claiming second in race
three.
Riding Ben Currie’s Over the Venture, Nothdurft finished 0.3 lengths behind the Ken Jones- trained Brumby Jack in the Bluescope Steel Benchmark 60 Handicap (1850m).
Skye Bogenhuber claimed the first of her three placings from the card when she finished third on War Front for Kevin Kemp.
Nothdurft didn’t have to wait long to get back
on the winners’ lift though.
Teaming up with Currie again, Nothdurft rode Iron George to victory in race five.
Hatch’s Agapantha and the Tony Sears-trained Well Sighted rounded out the places.
Nothdurft finished his night with a third place in race seven on Michael Frappell’s Proud’s Sequel.