Three wins from the card

Also thriving in the wet on Saturday 15 April at Tabcorp Park Melton, were Long Forest trainer Andy Gath and driver Kate Gath, with the pair producing a treble.

Two recent Kiwi arrivals impressed for their new stable with Sly Terror winning the Country Clubs Championship Final and Winegum the 1200-metre The Big Screen Company Pace.

The latter was having his Australian debut and, like Sly Terror, led all the way to win, but it was perhaps the third leg of their treble that brought the most delight.

Veteran pacer Tango Tara made the most of his perfect draw to sweep off the leader’s back and score in the Betavet Tiger Tara Free For All, his first win at Melton since November 2021, with only a Mildura success in June last year in between.

“It’s been a while since he’s won a metro race, he’s run a lot of placings along the way, it’s good to get that one out of the way,” Andy Gath told TrotsVision.

“He had the perfect draw. There was only four or five metres between first and last, they’re pretty even these horses – whoever gets the right run gets the opportunity, but you’ve still got to be good enough to take that opportunity.”