HER training methods aren't traditional, but Jindabyne trainer Georgie Boucher's approach is paying off after Gwennybegg cruised to a third-straight dominant win in Saturday's $18,000 Tumut Mile.
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Coming off comfortable two-and-a-half length victory at Wagga on January 6, which followed an 11-length romp at Tumut on Boxing Day, Gwennybegg extended the streak with a five-and-a-half length win at Tumut's TAB meeting.
Generally a frontrunner, apprentice Teighan Worsnop took the six-year-old mare to a a nice spot on the fence, before a trademark turn of foot made light work of nearest rival Would Be King ($4.20).
It was Gwennybegg's six career win in 30 starts, seven of those since moving to Boucher's stable.
Boucher, who has just three horses, capped the biggest win of her career so far with another triumph with Low Altitude ($3.90) in the Maiden Handicap (1400m).
Boucher said Gwennybegg would likely target the Bega Cup next in a fortnight, and said persistence with her new stable star had paid off.
"Quayde (previous jockey Quayde Krogh) always said weight was an issue. He said she's felt as good as she's ever felt, and don't be disheartened by the results," she said.
"I bought her in May last year, that first run at Queanbeyan (fourth of 12) when Quayde rode her, he was super impressed with her.
"We gave her a decent spell, let her be a horse in the paddock and see how she goes. From the word go when she ran at Tumut, a tough second in a Benchmark 58 over 1200 which doesn't suit her at all, she's done nothing wrong.
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"She doesn't necessarily need to be way out in front. On Saturday she got a spot on the fence and was second or third at stages, she just bowls along and once you ask her for a kick in the straight she's got it.
Boucher said Gwennybegg seems to be warming to her training tactics.
"I don't have stables, they get trained out of a paddock and even their lock up yards are a quarter of an acre big," she said.
"On Friday we had nearl two inches of rain and she stood out in it. I train them up hills and they trot somewhere betwee two and four kilometres a day. Once they're fit, they don't work that hard."
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