Fox In The Rye at Braidwood
In the Rye and The Red Fox completed an early double at the annual Braidwod race meeting. Having her third race start, In the Rye won the 1600m Maiden in convincing fashion. She was slow early and caught wide but Richard Bensley gradually worked her up until she was outside the leader approaching the turn. Striding to the lead on straighening she held on well to win by a length.
The Red Fox completed the double with a win in a Benchmark 53 1600m. Slowly away as usual from his rails barrier, Richard Bensley eased him away from the fence in the running and had him just behind the leaders approaching the turn. Finishing out wide, Fox ran home strongly to grab the lead in the shadows of the post and win by a head.
A pleasant surprise on a great day of country racing.
