Samantha Wynne with a happy group of owners
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Samantha Wynne's timing was faultless at Riccarton when she reined Miss Three Stars to victory in the feature flat event.
A documentary crew from her native Ireland is in New Zealand to film the 27-year-old in action and they were on hand on Saturday to capture her success in the Gr.3 eStar Winter Cup.
Wynne took a calculated gamble on Miss Three Stars at the top of the straight and it proved to be the winning move aboard the Tommy Beckett-trained seven-year-old.
"I took a chance coming up the inside, but I knew she would handle the mud and cutting the corner paid dividends," she said.
Miss Three Stars finished doggedly in the straight and the daughter of Perfectly Ready was rewarded with the ninth win of her 39-start career.
"Tommy has done a fantastic job with this mare and him and the whole syndicate of owners have been very loyal," Wynne said.
"I rode the mare on the beach yesterday so I knew she was ready."
Runner-up Platinum Command tried gamely to complete a winning treble for Lisa Latta after the Awapuni trainer had earlier produced Lincoln Bay and Master Platinum for under card successes.
In the last couple early, Platinum Command finished well down the outside to get within a short head of the winner while the performance of the third placegetter Taurus was again to be admired after he conceded four and a half and seven kilos respectively to the winner and runner-up.
Under topweight of 60kg in testing conditions, he fought on tenaciously after hitting the lead 300 metres from home. – NZ Racing Desk.
A documentary crew from her native Ireland is in New Zealand to film the 27-year-old in action and they were on hand on Saturday to capture her success in the Gr.3 eStar Winter Cup.
Wynne took a calculated gamble on Miss Three Stars at the top of the straight and it proved to be the winning move aboard the Tommy Beckett-trained seven-year-old.
"I took a chance coming up the inside, but I knew she would handle the mud and cutting the corner paid dividends," she said.
Miss Three Stars finished doggedly in the straight and the daughter of Perfectly Ready was rewarded with the ninth win of her 39-start career.
"Tommy has done a fantastic job with this mare and him and the whole syndicate of owners have been very loyal," Wynne said.
"I rode the mare on the beach yesterday so I knew she was ready."
Runner-up Platinum Command tried gamely to complete a winning treble for Lisa Latta after the Awapuni trainer had earlier produced Lincoln Bay and Master Platinum for under card successes.
In the last couple early, Platinum Command finished well down the outside to get within a short head of the winner while the performance of the third placegetter Taurus was again to be admired after he conceded four and a half and seven kilos respectively to the winner and runner-up.
Under topweight of 60kg in testing conditions, he fought on tenaciously after hitting the lead 300 metres from home. – NZ Racing Desk.