Last Saturday’s Woolamai Cup meeting was dominated by the Goodwin family as cheap online purchase Qubella notched her fourth win for the season in the $10,000 feature over 1708 metres.
The Barry Goodwin-trained seven-year-old mare was bought for just $1000 via Inglis Digital in July last year. She has since won four of her six starts and almost $16,000 in prizemoney.
The daughter of Rubick was sold by the Archard family, having raced for both Daryl and Rhys between May 2023 and June 2025. Qubella was a $2500 Inglis Digital buy for the Archards in January 2022 as an unraced mare and won more than $75,000 for them, winning three TAB races. 
Qubella carried top weight of 71½kg at Woolamai, with original cup topweight Diamanda taken to Cranbourne on Friday night (where she ran a gallant third) rather than lump the whopping 79kg she’d been alotted.
The consistent Downtown Man was second, with Eight Shout’s third — in the fourth cup race he’s contested this season.
Maddison Morris was aboard Qubella and she took full honours on the day, riding a treble to jump into second place on the premiership on 12 wins at the impressive strike rate of 38 per cent.
Morris’s other winners were trained by her partner, Reece Goodwin (son of Barry).
A $3000 Inglis Digital purchase (last August), Magnardo kept up her magnificent picnic season, winning her fifth race to take sole possession of the Horse of the Year lead.
The Toronado four-year-old was runner-up at her other two runs this season and has won $13,200.
Morris and Goodwin junior earlier combined with the well placed Master Polanski to win the opening race.
A $4250 Inglis Digital purchase from David and Coral Feek in November, the Polanski seven-year-old has earned $11,730 in six starts for Goodwin, breaking through for his second career win on Saturday after recent placings at Colac and Hanging Rock (twice).
Shaun shines again
As good as Maddison Morris’s strike rate is, she will need a miracle to haul in reigning champion rider Shaun Cooper, who rode another double at Woolamai to maintain his 39-percent strike rate and take his tally to 30 winners.
Cooper kicked off on Mark Ashby’s recent acquisiton Feudal Empire over 1008 metres, one of four favourite to salute on the day. He took out the last on $12 outsider Enough War for the in-form Geoff Brunsdon.
The other non-favourite to get the cash was maiden winner Dig For Victory, the Churchill three-year-old breaking through at his fourth start.
His trainer, Melissa Page, is ejoying a good run. Her tough sprinter Tookay Pete won at Sandown the previous Wednesday, five days after a second at Cranbourne.