Rod Symons had a day to remember at Stawell last Friday, notching a race-to-race double with Jeune Elvis and Crash Cranach, both specked at double-figure odds.
A dollar on the SuperTAB running double would have netted stable followers $169.
Symons opened his account when Jeune Elvis ($12-$10) stuck his head out to win race seven under Jarrod Fry. 
The gelding hadn’t run a place in three runs back from an eight-month spell but relished the soft track at Stawell and the rise to 1600 metres. 
Symons raced the dam, Jeunabaa, who has produced several winners for the stable.
Thirty minutes later, the familiar yellow and black yoke were back in the winner’s stall, this time carried by Patrick Moloney. 
Crash Cranach ($14-$9) enjoyed little luck from the outside barrier, caught three deep, but the five-year-old made a sustained run and held his rivals comfortably at bay in the other division of the 1600-metre benchmark 58. 
The Symons stable is in good form, with four winners in the past two months. 
The promising Kiata, who scored stylishly on debut before finishing third to the highly touted Masked Crusader, has gone to the spelling paddock.
Tatunka too good
Bob Donat’s above-average galloper Tatunka returned to the winner’s stall at Seymour last Thursday with a last-to-first triumph second up from a seven-month layoff.
The eye-catching performance came courtesy of a patient Dylan Dunn ride with 63 kilograms from the outside draw, to the chagrin of punters who let the four-year-old under their guard at $9.
“He’s no world-beater but he has some ability,” Donat told Racing.com.
That ability has seen Tatunka finish top-two in six of his 11 outings, with three of the five misses coming in stakes or city company. 
Tatunka was the best result of three runners for the Donat stable on Thursday, with Red Cracker and Kwahadi both finishing fourth.
Tatunka is a full brother to Kwahadi from Tuscany Flyer mare Paramytha, whom Donat also bred and raced to six wins.
Cowboy swoops
Dylan Dunn was the flavour of the week with Bendigo trainers, also piloting the Shaun Dwyer-trained Cowboy ($14) to his maiden win at Stawell last Friday.
The three-year-old had finished fourth on debut at Echuca 18 days earlier. 
Coming from last on the corner at Stawell, the son of Carlton House led down strongly out wide for an impressive win.
“At the top of the turn I didn’t want to be on him but at the 100 metres you did,” Dwyer said.
“He didn’t surprise me because he’s always had ability — I’ve just had a little bit of trouble with his hoof.”
Cowboy was bred and is part-owned by New South Wales-based Tom Mann. 
Dwyer expects the best to come when the gelding stretches out to 1600 metres. 
The victory was the stable’s second for the month of May.
Logic prevails
The ultimate form reversal saw the Brian and Ashley McKnight-trained Logo Logic ($31) go from finishing last on debut to winning at his second start at Ballarat on Sunday.
Off two weeks between runs, Christine Pulls sent the son of Canford Cliffs to the lead from the outside gate and never looked back, hanging on to win by three-quarters of a length.
Logo Logic was bred by the McKnights and is a half-brother to Ian, who scored three wins, one at Flemington, from four races before John Thom sold him to race in Hong Kong.
Bendigo backs members
The Bendigo Jockey Club has delivered its 650 members free renewal for the coming racing season as a result of COVID-19.
The BJC board unanimously approved the decision, with this Saturday’s Elmore Cup meeting the sixth without crowds in attendance. The time-honoured feature race on Saturday is a 1600-metre benchmark 70 event.
With four meetings remaining for the current racing season, the club expects to retain its Wednesday October 28 cup fixture when race dates are released in coming weeks. No decision has been made on the public holiday that falls on that day for the town. 
The BJC is open to moving its popular Beach Party fixture on Caulfield Cup day to early 2021 in the hope that crowds will be allowed by then.
Stranger so close
The Shane Fliedner-trained Hi Stranger almost cause another quaddie boilover last Saturday with a brave second placing at odds of $20 at Flemington. 
The three-year-old will continue his campaign over 1400 metres at Flemington on June 6.
Meanwhile the Josh Julius-trained  Super Girl has gone to the paddock after her third placing in the Andrew Ramsden. 
She is expected to be nominated for both the Caulfield and Melbourne cups.