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Champion WA jockey William Pike bettered his own mark for most winners in a Perth season, moving to 137 winners with a double at Belmont Park on Wednesday.
Pike was equal with his 2015-16 record coming into the meeting and had a full book of nine rides.
Having finished second in two of the first three races, he broke his old record with a victory on Black Russian and then made it a race-to-race double for he and trainer Adam Durrant when successful on Kelly's Secret.
Pike is the leading rider in Australia this year with 217 wins, over 50 clear of his nearest rival.
His next milestone is to better the 221 winners he rode in 2015-16.
