Albany trainers continue winning Great Southern season with success at Mt Barker

Albany trainers Roy Rogers, Steve Wolfe and Paul Hunter all had success at Mt Barker Turf Club last Thursday. Wolfe (19 wins) and Rogers (11) added to their impressive seasons in the Great Southern while Hunter has unearthed a smart three-year-old in Getyourmoneyandrun. At his fifth start this preparation Sneaky Fox broke his maiden status for Rogers in the opening event, as rider Jade McNaught raced home along the inside to hold out the favourite Broadway Brenda by 0.5 lengths. Sneaky Fox came across from a wide gate in the Lowood Maiden (1200m) and claimed his first win in five career starts. Lacevinsky defied a betting drift in the McDonald Handicap (1100m) to hand Wolfe his 19th win of the season. After opening as favourite, Lacevinsky ended up jumping a $3.40 chance as the money came for stablemate Sir Snugalot and Esperance galloper Rebel Yell. Local jockey Natasha Faithfull landed Lacevinsky in a beautiful spot just off the lead in the small field of six and she urged him to the line in the final 200m to edge out Sweet Snitty and Rebel Yell in a photo finish. The six-year-old gelding has thrived since being transferred to Wolfe’s stable, having won three races to go with four minor placings. Getyourmoneyandrun was an impressive maiden winner at Mt Barker in January and then ran a strong second to Lucy Da Grey in a class two race at Albany on February 10. The three-year-old was fractious in the barriers before the start and passed a late vet examination but saluted for Chris Nicoll. Favourite Ginger Green loomed as the danger in the final stages of the race, bumping Getyourmoneyandrun but Nicoll bustled his mount across the line by a short neck to hand Hunter a fourth winner of the season. Meanwhile Wolfe’s The Spruiker performed well in the listed $150,000 TABtouch Pinjarra Classic (1300m) on Sunday. The field was no match for boom sprinter Clairvoyance who led all the way to win by more than fourth lengths, but The Spruiker ran the fastest final 600m sectional time.