Supreme Goddess produced her best to deliver Gunnedah trainer Sally Torrens a welcome win at Armidale on Anzac Day.
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The five-year-old mare had been campaigning well this preparation without quite landing that telling blow.
But a drop in grade and trip proved a telling recipe for Supreme Goddess ($4), who powered away to take out the West Armidale Business Houses Class 3 Handicap (1900m).
It looked an ideal assignment on paper and proved exactly that.
Apprentice jockey Jodi Worley produced a gem of a ride and the daughter of Supreme Class did the rest, hitting the line strongly for a two-length victory from Stannis Baratheon ($7) in a time of 1.58.62 on the Good 3 surface.
Supreme Goddess took her career record to three wins from 19 starts and ensured the two-hour trip back to Gunnedah was an enjoyable one for Torrens.
The trainer took five runners across to New England, with Stirling Shadow running fifth in the race won by Supreme Goddess.
Bridget’s Star (fourth) and Defying Luck (sixth) featured in the 1300m Maiden, while Elmontino finished second-last in the opening Class 1 Handicap (1400m).
Torrens has nominated Buck Rogers and Dos Santos for Saturday’s $7000 Binnaway Cup (1300m).
Dos Santos is coming off a last-start second at Tamworth at TAB level, while Buck Rogers drops back in trip after contesting a mile race at Moree last-start.
The Cup is the feature event on a six-race non-TAB meeting.