On one of the biggest days of the Shoalhaven City Turf Club calendar, it was The Pharoah who rose to the top to claim line honours.
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The Richard Litt trained gelding, ridden by jockey Tom Sherry, won the 41st annual Mollymook Cup - the headline event on Sunday's seven-race schedule.
Litt's six-year-old won the 1200 metre benchmark 66 handicap by 1.3 lengths from Tara and Philippe Vigouroux's Azcannyaz, with Your Witness trained by Jason Coyle - who won the cup back in 2017 with Kawaikini - finishing third.
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The other main race on the schedule was the Bede Murray memorial benchmark 58 handicap, over 1600 metres.
In a close finish, John Steinmetz's Writing Unexpected won by just 0.2 lengths - handing jockey Tom Sherry his second winning ride for the afternoon.
Rounding out the top three were Jarrod Austin's Appetizing and Amy Usher's Readabeel.
The only trainer to secure to race wins at the Archer Racecourse on Sunday was Matthew Smith, firstly taking out 1400 metre maiden plate before claiming line honours in the 1200 metre maiden handicap.
Victory in the first of the two came with Ashton Blair by 1.5 lengths, ahead of Amanda Turner and Mauro Poletti's Of All The Luck and Stephen Hill's Brad.
Win number two came with Down The River by three lengths, ahead of Adam Wadick's Debit Credit and Robert and Luke Price's Foxy Free.
The first race of the day, the 1400 metre benchmark 58 handicap, was taken out by Brooke Somers' Tormund - with Jean Van Overmire the jockey.
Somers' four-year-old gelding won by 0.1 lengths from Robert and Luke Price's Noble Belle and Wade Mathie's Ethnicity.
Natalie Jarvis' Pauper proved his class to win the 1200 metre class one handicap (Eddie Latta memorial race), edging David Pfieffer's Soami by 1.3 lengths - with Terry Robinson's Thorn Brook claiming third.
The final race of the afternoon, the 1100 metre maiden plate, was won by Wayne Hudd's Alfstar by 1.5 lengths, ahead of Adam Wadick's On The Floor and Warren Ganderton's Resolving To Win.
The Shoalhaven City Turf Club's next meet is on Tuesday, November 5.
Courtney Ward
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
