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Trust Me Honey gave fourth-generation trainer Nathan Sinclair his first bush major when Cootamundra jockey Rob Anderson set her alight a long way from home.
Sinclair quipped that Trust Me Honey might have “needed the run” when beaten by pro sprinters AJ Ramsamy and Manny Swan in the match race on Easter Saturday.
He said her subsequent first-up run at Dalby two weeks ago was the perfect pipe-opener for the Moree race.
Trust Me Honey will now tackle the next two legs of the Kenway and Clark Golden Triangle – the Mallawa and Talmoi Cups on June 6 and 20.
“She'll do all the Cups, and Mallawa should really suit her,” Sinclair said.
Trust Me Honey responded to kick strongly in the straight and score by a widening three lengths from Chilly Weather with Crowntreno third.
Anderson won the same race three years ago on Bill Trimble's Caprill.
Punters got a look at millionaires' row at the Moree picnics when former high-priced yearling Gelmood made a mess of his rivals to win the Chesterfield Australia Moree Bracelet.
The five-year-old is by Danehill from the Gone West mare Mirbeck and was knocked down at the 2004 William Inglis Easter Yearling Sales for $1 million.
He was later sold as a tried horse for $60,000 after failing to flatter on Victorian provincial tracks.
Gelmood was subsequently gelded and banished to western districts' trainer Phillip Ayoub after failing to win a race for Gai Waterhouse.
Ayoub is best known for his association with bush marvel Velsontas – another Waterhouse cast-off – and firmly believes Gelmood has the potential to emulate the deeds of his favourite horse.
“Gelmood might be the horse to take over from Velsontas,” Ayoub said.
“He is an up-and-coming horse and has now won four out of his last five. He's on the way up and is a pretty smart horse.
“They paid a lot of money for him as a yearling and here he is, racing at the picnics,” Ayoub grinned.
He was ridden by Clint Lundholm, the former star apprentice who earlier this year made a comeback to picnic riding.
Ayoub said he would give Gelmood a week to get over Saturday's win before deciding whether the gelding heads to rounds two and three of the Golden Triangle.
