Mittagong trainer Wendy Roche was the toast of Randwick last Saturday when the well fancied Nettoyer ($3.80) brought up her second group success, a determined win in the Group 3 Bentley Angst Stakes (1600m). 
Ridden by Glen Boss, the mare settled towards the tail of the field before starting to make ground approaching the 800 metres. 
On straightening, Boss got away from the fence to give his mount clear galloping room. 
The mare then finished doggedly to grab Delectation Girl right on the line to win by a short head. 
“This has given me a lot of satisfaction winning on this mare because she’s not easy to deal with, but I get on really well with her. I just click with her,” Boss said. 
“She’s got so many little idiosyncracies about her, she’s such a funny thing to ride. 
“I just try to go with her and keep her happy because if you try to bully her you’ve just got an arm wrestle that you aren’t going to win.” 
Roche was delighted with the win.
“It was a super run last week (sixth in the Epsom) and she’s good on the back-up,” she said. 
“Her pattern of racing can let her down due to the fact that if they’re on the pace and run along, it’s hard to make up ground. 
“It was a great effort today, because Bossy had to go a lot earlier.” 
The mare has now won four of her 25 starts and $489,450.
A mile too good 
Scone mare Emanuela has been unbeatable since stepping back up to 1600 metres last month, and she extended her winning streak to three with victory in last Saturday’s Class 3 TAB Highway Handicap at Randwick. 
Ridden by Nash Rawiller, the $4.40 favourite settled just off the pace before proving too strong for her rivals over the concluding stages, drawing away to win by 1¼ lengths from But I Know with Gunga Din third. 
“She trained on really nicely after those two mile wins at Scone so we were confident going into it,” trainer Paul Messara said. 
“There were a few horses going up sharply in distance or coming off a break and we knew she was going to be strong at the mile.
“Nash rode her brilliantly. We weren’t sure how it was going to go, but it panned out the right way.  
“She’d get 2000 metres definitely. We’ll just see what happens now because the plan was to go to stud with her this season.”
Gai plunders Port
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott pulled the right rein when they elected to start Rapido Chaparro in the $200,000 Port Macquarie Cup (2000m) last  Friday in preference to a benchmark 88 over the same distance at Randwick the following day. 
With Adam Hyeronimus in the saddle, Rapido Chaparro ($2.30 favourite) went straight to the front and never looked likely to lose, scoring by a length and three-quarters easing down from Morton’s Fork with Master Shuhood third. 
The win brought up a treble for Hyeronimus, who had won the opening race aboard Patagonian for Paul Perry before taking out the $70,000 Birden Group Sprint (1200m) on Grimoire ($6) for Jason Coyle. 
In a photo finish, Grimoire won by a long head from the $101 outsider, Valbeata, with Catesby third. 
In the $50,000 Hastings Cup (1500m) Miss Redoble ($4.20), trained by Tracey Bartley and ridden by the in-form Aaron Bullock, defeated the favourite, Let’s Rebelle, by a long neck with Casino Mondial third.
Waterhouse and Bott scooped up more country-cups cash two days later when Falcon Island ($2.70 favourite) scored a comfortable win in the $75,000 Coonamble Cup (1600m). 
The five-year-old, ridden by Rory Hutchings, won by 2½ lengths from Free Billy with Magic Over The Bay third. 
There was some joy for the country folk in the previous race, the $35,000 Crystal Sprint (1200m), when Molasses, trained at Forbes by Dennis Bush and ridden by Grant Buckley, scored a half-length win over Kenny Succeed, with Good Time Charlie third. 
Buckley took riding honours for the day with four wins. 
Sausedge sizzles 
The locals were on the money at Canberra last Friday when the feature $40,000 Tony Campbell Cup (1400m) went the way of Sausedge, trained at the track by Matthew Dale and ridden by Kayla Nisbet.
Sausedge ($3) careered away to score by 4¾ lengths from Who’s Knocking with Bring a Secret third. 
The following day at Young, the 1400-metre Burrangong Cup went to Georgian Court ($5), trained at Moruya by Natalie Jarvis and ridden by Maddison Wright.
Cups aplenty  
The cup action continues across the weekend starting today (Friday) at Taree, where the $32,000 Krambach Cup (1600m) is the feature. 
Saturday sees local cups run at Bombala (over 1200m) and Deniliquin (1400m). The Dandy Cup (1200m) is the main race at Narromine. 
On Sunday, highlight of the Nowra meeting is the 1200-metre Mollymook Cup.
Dedes living the dream
Jim Dedes, long-serving secretary-manager of the Armidale Jockey Club, will be at Randwick on Saturday together with a couple of racing mates to cheer on Yes Yes Yes in The Everest. 
Dedes and his pals have a share in the horse via their Golden Table syndicate. 
“It’s amazing,” Dedes said, “a few old bush battlers like us. We never thought anything like this would ever happen. 
“I remember when we were happy to win a Bundarra maiden.” 
The three-year-old Yes Yes Yes has certainly impressed race jockey Glen Boss. 
“He’s a strapping colt with a lot of presence,” Boss said. “I love his demeanour. 
“He has the best action and covers the ground with no effort whatsoever.”
Allard out
Gosford trainer Grant Allard has been disqualified for four months and fined $5000 by Racing NSW stewards after he was found guilty of failing to disclose the full benefit he received from the sale of a horse. 
Allard was found to have told the owner of the horse, I Am Moses, that he would receive $80,000 when in fact he received $85,000.