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www.racingnsw.com.au 39 Mathew Cahill returns aboard Wild Rocket after taking out the Narromine Cup Cahill. Two lengths last in the early stages of the 1600m QUBE sponsored Cup, Wild Rocket ($5) powered home to beat the Forbes Cup winner From the Bush (Tony Cavallo, $2.60 fav) and Caszar (Ken Dunbar, $91). The other winners for Mathew Cahill were War Heart ($2.50 fav), Champaign Daisy ($18), Deshawn ($2.90 fav) and Elgin ($9.50) which was in a dead-heat for first with Combogolong (Casey Waddell, $9) in the 1200m Lesley Walsh Memorial Class 1 Handicap. Owned by John Smith, a Life Member of Gilgandra Jockey Club and trained by Kieren Hazleton, the $31 outsider Occasional (Jackson Searle) came from last to win the 1600m Class 1 & Maiden Plate from Rusty Hawk (Mikayla Weir, $7) and Poseidon Ruler (Ashley Morgan, $2.50 fav). TIDY WIN BY MESSY MISS Working through the grades, the lightly raced 6yo mare Messy Miss is building a good record and made it six wins from 20 starts with a typically game performance in the 1200mWolfs TV Service Benchmark 66 Handicap at Mudgee. Parked midfield by Clayton Gallagher, the Brett Robb-trained and Trundle-owned Messy Miss ($6) gradually reeled in the leaders down the long Mudgee straight and won by a length from Black Sunrise (Alysha Collett, $5) with Into the Fire (Rory Hutchings, $4) a close third. Given a charmed run behind the leaders by Rachael Murray, the Scott Singleton, Scone-trained Rich and Shameless ($4.40) overhauled Mackellar’s Love (Chad Lever, $6.50) to win the 1400m Black Nugget Winter Cup by a short neck while running on well for third was Fast Talking (Mathew Cahill, $3.50 fav). In a thrilling four-way finish to the 1600m Members Class 3 Handicap the Peter Kirby, Forbes- trained Broo Boss (Ashley Morgan, $12) after being last around the home turn burst through a late gap to beat Nowyunomi (Reece Jones, $8), Olivander (Clayton Gallagher, $7) and Just a Brother (Jackson Searle, $3 fav). Two winners at Mudgee looking to have bright futures were the debutante Quick Tempo (Mikayla Weir, $3.80) from the Mark Minervini stable at Newcastle and the lightly raced Hammoon Star (Dylan Gibbons, $1.75 fav) trained at Newcastle by Kris Lees. CENTRAL AND WESTERN RACING