Feisty Fox ($3.50) has produced a late finishing charge to claim victory in the South Coast Business and Financial Mollymook Cup at Shoalhaven City Turf Club on Sunday.
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The Nowra based racehorse started at short odds ahead of the 40th running of the cup over 1200 metres, having come off a second at Moruya three weeks prior and went in to the race carrying only 54 kilograms – the lightest horse in the race.
The mare jumped well from barrier seven for jockey Winona Costin, before settling on the pace in third position. In the straight race favourite Charlie Chap made a challenge for the lead after making his way through from the tail of the field and with a furlong left to run, the mare shifted back to fourth position.
However, Feisty Fox began to hit her straps and stormed home in a thrilling cliffhanger photo finish ahead of race favourite Charlie Chap ($3.40) second, and Sacred Son ($21) third.
Trainers Robert and Luke Price, who are based at both Kembla Grange and Nowra, were over the moon to clinch the race for Huskisson owner John Crawford.
“I felt extremely confident,” Robert Price said.
“I ride her fast work, and she doesn’t do a lot of galloping as such, but her two bits of fast work leading in to her run were probably the best of her career.
“I thought she went super, I probably did a bit more with her than I wanted to during the week, thinking we were going to run in to a heavy track, it probably took that little bit of squirt out of her, but still the time was good and the effort was good.
“It’s always good to train winners for local people who have been solid with your stable for a long time.”
Feisty Fox’s next outing is yet to be determined.
“She pulled up pretty good, she spent the day in the paddock on Monday and then today she just swam,” Price said.
“I haven’t really picked anything out for her yet, I’ll just see how the dust settles and space her runs, she’s also going to sneak up in the weights a little bit now, so we’ll be mindful of where we go next.”
Shoalhaven Heads trainer Terry Robinson kicked-off the day, with Foxie La Belle taking out the first race, breaking her maiden at her first attempt.
Nowra’s Frank Walden trained Grand Awakening to win the Eddie Latta Memorial, while Sparsholt, trained by Kembla Grange’s Steven Wilson, won the Bede Murray Memorial.
