29 December 2021 | HRNSW MEDIA | AMANDA RANDO
Fresh after winning the biggest race of his training career, Bathurst horseman Mat Rue heads back to his local track tonight.
Rue won the Group 2 Shirley Turnbull Memorial last Sunday with his pacer Fouroeight, causing a massive upset at starting odds of $61.
The eight-year-old pacer was named in honour of fallen Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes whose baggy green number was 408.
It was the third time Rue had a starter in the Shirley Turnbull Memorial and Fouroeight beat his rivals by more than 19m with Inter Dominion heat winner Bundoran second and Mach Dan in third.
It was a big night for Rue as he drove a treble at the meeting that included success in the Olive and Ray McCarthy Memorial with the Jack Trainor-trained Iylac Beach.
Rue has driven 965 winners in his career and trained 120 winners.
The iForm team’s best bets for tonight:
Bathurst best bet
Race 3: Infinity Beach (9)
Can make it back-to-back victories following an impressive display at Dubbo.
Bathurst next best
Race 6: Holy Camp Seth (8)
Showed enough after an early error on debut to be prominent.
Play the exotics
The Bathurst quaddie
Race 5: 10-3-2-1-6
Race 6: 10-8-9-2
Race 7: 8
Race 8: 4-2-8-7-1
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