In-form Warrnambool trainer Symon Wilde dominated Sunday’s Coleraine program with four winners on the seven-race card.
The performance was all the more remarkable as Wilde only had runners in one other race. 
His winning run started with Hit The Road Jack ($2.60 favourite) in the restricted hurdle. Enchanted Elle ($3.10) took out the open hurdle while Fabalot ($2 favourite) won the feature Great Western Steeplechase. Triomphe ($13) rounded out Wilde’s day winning a highweight 0-58 over 1600 metres.
‘It’s been a great afternoon,” Wilde said. “We went to Coleraine thinking we might win one or two but to come home with four winners from five races is very satisfying, a great reward for our hard-working staff and our loyal owners.”
Wilde said he was considering backing up his three Coleraine jumps winners at Ballarat this Sunday in the final jumps races of the season.
Topspin too good
Warrnambool’s Joanne Mugavin trained her first jumps winner when Topspin took the maiden hurdle at Coleraine.
Under the guidance of Mugavin’s partner, Jordan Hart, Topspin ($10) was 2¾ lengths too good for warm favourite Teewaters in the $35,000 Bartons Waste Maiden Hurdle (3300m).
Mugavin, who has eight horses in work was excited by the win by Topspin.
“It’s great to train my first jumps winner even better that he was ridden by Jordan,” she said. 
“Topspin deserved the win. He’s been so consistent over the jumps. 
“I’ll keep a close watch on him this week. If he’s all right I may run him in a hurdle at Ballarat. 
Is It okay
Warrnambool gelding Is It Me could only manage fourth as a heavily backed favourite in the $150,000 Behemoth Stakes at Morphettville last Saturday, but trainer Daniel Bowman was pleased with the six-year-old’s performance.
Is It Me ($3.60-$2.30) finished just over two lengths behind winner Queman in the 1200-metre Group 3.
Bowman has earmarked the $1 million Group 1 Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield on September 20 as the goal this campaign for his stable star.
“I’ve given him a pass mark,” he said. “I thought he might need the run and as it turned out he did. He peaked about 200 metres out. 
“I’m sure he’ll improve a lot on the back of that run. He’ll have another run (on August 30) at Caulfield before heading into the Rupert Clarke.”
Tommy number 10
Remarkable effort by top jumps jockey Steve Pateman to win his 10th Tommy Corrigan medal at last Saturday’s Victorian racing awards function in Melbourne. 
Pateman first won the prestigious award in 2007. 
Several of Pateman’s feature wins in the 2024/25 season were on Stern Idol for his great mate Ciaron Maher.
The champion trainer and former Warrnambool boy took out the Fred Hoysted medal for his efforts in finishing on top of the Melbourne metropolitan trainers premiership for the fifth season in succession. 
Maher prepared a career-best 113 Victorian metropolitan winners for the season including six at Group 1 level, headlined by a fairytale win for jockey Harry Coffey aboard Duke De Sessa in the Sportsbet Caulfield Cup (2400m).