Dennis and Ann Barnes picked up a late one-two at Bathurst's Kennerson Park on Monday evening as Nangar Diva and Nangar Gift raced home and outclassed the field severely in the $2,490 Fifty8George Stakes (520 metres).
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From box five and eight, respectively, the Cudal-trained duo shared $2.70 odds as equal favourites and promptly made light work a pretty high-quality field.
Nangar Diva eventually won by almost two lengths while Nangar Gift a further eight lengths clear of the third-finishing My Bro Connor ($12), Raymond Smith's Little Digger ($3.90) ran fourth.
Nangar Diva checked off the heels of Nangar Gift on the first turn but were all but untroubled as they stormed home to clock 26.68 and 29.81.
The former's win was the 11th of her 31-start career and first since saluting midway through November at Dubbo, taking her career earnings above the $70,000 mark. She'd run a second and a disappointing fifth in her two runs since, both at Bathurst, leading in.
It was Nangar Gift's third minor placing in a row and continues her return to form after finishing eighth in a top-class field in the TAB Million Dollar Chase semi-final at Wentworth Park earlier this year.
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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.
