Smith’s Ripper of a mare returns to winners’ circle with narrow win at Towac Park

Matt Findlay
Updated October 17 2017 - 2:48pm, first published 2:13pm
BACK ON PACE: Absolute Ripper sped to a win in her return to 1000 metres at Towac Park on Monday afternoon. Photo: BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHY
BACK ON PACE: Absolute Ripper sped to a win in her return to 1000 metres at Towac Park on Monday afternoon. Photo: BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHY

Alison Smith’s Absolute Ripper returned to her favoured 1000 metres in style at Towac Park on Monday, holding off a late charge to seal the narrowest of victories in the seventh race of Racing Orange’s season-opening meet.

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Matt Findlay

Matt Findlay

Journalist

Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.

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