Australian racing's most prolific jockey, Robert Thompson has passed yet another milestone after posting a treble at Cessnock on Monday.
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Thompson's second winner at the meeting, the Jason Deamer-trained Latin Light, represented his 4300th career win – at the age of 59.
It is a tally that no other Australian or New Zealand jockey in history has come close to.
An inductee into the Racing's Hall Of Fame and recipient of an Order of Australian Medal in 2015, Thompson’s treble took him to five wins for the new Hunter and North West racing Association season, five behind early leader, Grant Buckley.
Paul Perry heads the trainers premiership with eight wins from Tamworth’s Sue Grills, Scone’s Brett Cavanough and Newcastle’s Kris Lees (all on 5).
Cejay Graham (4) heads the apprentices premiership from Chloe Baker (3).
HNWRA racing heads to Bundarra this weekend with the $8000 Bundarra Cup (1400m) the highlight of a six-race non-TAB meeting.
The Bundarra Jockey Club received 65 nominations for the meeting, 10 of them in the feature race.