Gavin Groth left it until late in the day to score a win when Annie's Street got the job done in the Mannion Drilling Benchmark 74 Handicap (1300m).
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The Gunnedah trainer detailed the mare's incredible home track form leading into the race - two wins and two thirds from five starts leading into Monday's meeting - and Annie's Street again showed her love of the Riverside Racecourse with a win by 1.31 lengths.
Annie's Street came home best on her home track to beat the Ian Cook-trained Rexx and Famous - trained by Stirling Osland - home in a tight go for the minor placings.
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Groth described his mare as "a beauty" after the first-up win.
"I thought it might have been a bridge too far - the 1300 today - but she's just a real goodun," Groth told Sky Thoroughbred Central.
"She won first up last prep here over the 1250. [That was a] bit softer race than today. Really pleased with her."
The win also gave jockey Clayton Gallagher a double after he won on the Stephen Farley-trained Jaytees earlier in the day.
Gallagher joined Jake Pracey-Holmes - who won on Jousting and Superior Witness - on two wins for the day.
Racing in the North West continues on Sunday when Tamworth hosts a seven-race meeting.
Ben Jaffrey
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
