Station One’s remarkable record in country cups continued when he won the $50,000 Murtoa Cup in a photo-finish on Saturday.
The brave win by the Liam Howley-trained stable star gave him his sixth Cup in the space of two years.
It also brought up the third win in four days for the Macedon Ranges stable, with a large number of the six-year-old galloper’s connections travelling to Murtoa for the occasion.
Station One has now won eight races from 36 starts, and accumulated prize money of $384,250.
Coming off a close second in the Coleraine Cup, Station One started as favourite in the 2050m feature event at the Murtoa meeting.
Station One likes to lead, and jockey Jack Hill rated him well in front.
Picaroon looked almost certain to win in the home straight, but Station One fought on strongly and in the closest finish of the day had his nose in front as the pair crossed the line.
Earlier in the day, the Howley-trained Onlygoldwilldo finally broke through for an overdue win at his eighth race start.
Ridden by Mitch Aitken, the four-year-old won a 1600m Maiden Plate in good style.
First-up from a spell, Onlygoldwilldo won by half a length much to the delight of connections.
At Cranbourne last Wednesday, the Howley-trained Platinum Destroyer won a 1600m Class 62 event by 1.8 lengths.
It was the four-year-old’s second win from seven starts.
