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Tough galloper Prince Aurelius completed a winning hat trick in emphatic fashion to give Tyrone Coyle a training highlight on home turf at Kembla Grange on Saturday.
Prince Aurelius is currently the only horse Coyle trains but the son of Love Conquers All is giving him plenty to be pleased about on the track.
Following wins at Moruya and Wagga Wagga, Prince Aurelius returned to home turf chasing three straight and never looked in doubt of achieving it.
Kembla-based apprentice Madison Waters rated the four-year-old beautifully out in front in The Lizzard Conditional Benchmark 68 Handicap (1600m).
She kicked clear at the top of the straight and Prince Aurelius ($8) comfortably held his rivals at bay to score by 1-3/4 lengths from Gary Portelli’s Sky Diamonds ($3.80) and the Theresa Bateup-trained River Charge ($11).
Prince Aurelius is building an imposing record and now has four wins and one placing from seven starts to his name.
Success was shared across the afternoon with Sydney stables taking the bulk of the glory.
And there were few more impressive gallopers visiting the Illawarra Turf Club than the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Exoboom.
Sent out at the short quote of $1.14, Exoboom lived up to the bookies assessment when surging to a dominant 5-1/4 length success in the Jamie De Belin Class 1 Handicap (1500m) with 2kg claiming apprentice Brandon Griffiths on board.
Exoboom has now won his past two starts by a combined 12 lengths and looks destined for bigger things approaching the Sydney autumn.
Meanwhile, Keagan Latham was the star jockey of the afternoon piloting a winning double aboard the Head On Up (race one) and Speedzone (race four).
Jockeys Brodie Loy (Explosive Jack), Jess Taylor (Pippali) and Chad Lever (Land Of Valens) also got on the scoreboard with winners on the afternoon.
Racing returns to Kembla Grange this Saturday.
Image: Prince Aurelius thanks to Bradley Photos
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The Illawarra Turf Club are currently seeking a full time Administration Assistant to join the team at Kembla Grange Racecourse.SATURDAY 16/01/2021
Following expert advice taken by RacingNSW in regards to managing the Greater Sydney Covid-19 cluster, Kembla Grange Racecourse will be open this Saturday only to pre-registered Illawarra Turf Club members and owners with a horse running at that days event.
If you are an Illawarra Turf Club member or owner wishing to register your attendance please call (02) 42617211 before 4pm tomorrow.
Owners and Members are not permitted to attend the racecourse if -
- they have attended a location or travelled on transport identified by the NSW Government as being a close or casual contact to COVID-19 in the link below.
www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates
- they reside (or are currently residing) in the suburbs of Auburn, Belmore, Berala, Birrong, Lidcombe North, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Rookwood and Wentworthville are not permitted to attend racecourses until further notice.
- they reside in or who have attended after 12:01am on 2 January 2021 (and returned to NSW) the Queensland local government areas of Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Redlands and Logan are not permitted to attend racecourses or licensed premises until 6pm on 11 January 2021 (or as further advised by Racing NSW) and must provide Racing NSW with the results of a negative COVID-19 test prior to attending a NSW racecourse or licensed premises.
Current COVID-19 case locations
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