Last Saturday was a productive one for the Seymour stable of Stephen Brown, with a Wodonga winner and a Flemington placegetter from three runners.
Brown’s Wodonga winner, Tradeworx, was previously known as a synthetic-track specialist, with four wins from 14 starts on synthetic and 28 starts for no wins on turf.
But he corrected that record last Saturday. After settling near the rear of the seven-horse field from gate one in the RCC & Barooga Hotel Autism Awareness 0-56 Handicap (2050m), Tradeworx ($3.90) made steady ground under Jake Duffy from the turn and ran away to win by 3½ lengths.
Brown’s Flemington runner, $20 pop My Brothers Keeper, also settled at the rear in the Murray Cox Handicap, a benchmark 84 over 1800 metres. He finished strongly under Patrick Moloney to hit the line just 1.4 lengths from winner Ghetto Supastar.
Brown’s other runner for the day was Lady Jones ($17) in a strong benchmark 100 at Flemington and she too was far from disgraced, finishing a 2.1-length sixth of 11 after racing on pace.
Raiders rule
Regional Victorian trainers trained half the winners on the eight-race card at Albury last Friday.  
Ben Brisbourne, who runs stables at Wangaratta and Flemington, kicked things off for the Vics in the 1175-metre maiden for colts, geldings and entires with $3.30 favourite Ponte Arcobaleno, ridden by apprentice Claire Ramsbotham.  
Saab Hasan of Tabilk was successful in the Class 1 1000-metre event with She’s Elusive ($3.40).  The four-year-old Lean Mean Machine mare has been in a good run of form, with a second at Swan Hill on April 12 followed by her maiden win at Albury April 23 over 900 metres.  
Apprentice Dale Cole guided her to victory at Albury, at his first race ride on the mare.
Craig Widdison, based over the river from Albury in Wodonga, won the open 1175-metre event with Mahogany Girl ($15), guided to victory by Cory Parish.  
Mansfield’s Gerald Egan took the last race on the card with Ancho ($9.50), ridden by apprentice Brittany Button. 
Ancho and Button are a combination to follow, with Button having ridden the four-year-old gelding in all four of his wins (from eight race rides), the most recent prior to Friday also having been at Albury on February 23.