Macknuckle Wins Home Town Cup

Sunday, 29 November 2009 07:59

Local horse Macknuckle has scored a dominant win in the Canberra Cup for prominent trainer Bernie Howlett.

Victorian jockey Dwayne Dunn made the trip to partner the five-year-old who racked up his eighth win from 28 starts when he beat Spinney by 2-3/4 lengths.

Vintage Rock was another two lengths third in the 2000m feature carrying $200,000 prizemoney.

A consistent performer in city class, Macknuckle won the Wagga Cup earlier this year before travelling to Queensland where he was placed in Group Three Premier's Cup at Doomben and the Listed Ipswich Cup.

Macknuckle's cheque for the Canberra Cup boosted his prizemoney to more than $430,000.

Further south, Syndrome took out the Wodonga Cup (1590,) on a slow track.

Trained by Mike Moroney and ridden by Luke Nolen, Syndrome beat Berringama by a length with Dr Nipandtuck a nose third.