SARGENT Doakes made it two wins from as many starts at Tamworth when he arrived wide and late to win Friday’s $30,000 Brett Clarke Music Tamworth Summer Showcase Sprint (1000m).
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The Rod Northam-trained gelding notched win number six in 18 starts when surged late to beat Capitano (Jacob Perrett) by three quarters of a length with the Sue Grills-trained Hammoon Boy a head away third.
On a heavy track Sargent Doakes ($3.60fav) clocked 59.08 for regular rider Leanne Henry.
“He’s going really well,” Henry said after the win.
“I didn’t mean to go as wide as I did but in the end it was a lot better out there.”
Rachel Northam, ex-wife of trainer Rod, was in charge of the stable’s horses and she was thrilled with the four-year-old gelded son of I Am Invincible.
“Leanne got him to the right part of the track,” she said.
“She knows him inside out, rides him work every morning. And he’s such an honest little horse.”
