Jockey Chris Munce was in red hot form with a personal best five winners on the seven event program at Doomben.
Munce, Brisbane’s leading rider and winner of last season’s jockeys’ premiership, had never ridden more than four winners at a metropolitan meeting before Wednesday.
“Don’t ask me when but I’ve ridden four winners quite a few times but I can’t recall ever riding five winners,” Munce said.
Munce joined an illustrious group of eight Queensland riders to have ridden five winners at a single meeting.
He just failed to equal Mick Dittman’s feat of riding six winners – accomplished at Eagle Farm in November 1977 – when he finished fourth on the Desleigh Forster-trained Starlin in the final event.
Four of Munce’s wins were aboard favourites, including his victory on Run Royal Run ($1.24 fav) in the opening race.
His others came aboard Timely Surprise ($9), Igles Star ($2 fav), On Face Value ($2.15 fav) and Product ($2.30 fav).
Jim Byrne was the last Queenslander to ride five winners on a day when he set his own personal best at Doomben in June last year.
Others to ride five winners in Queensland include Graham Cook, Len Hill, Russell Maddock, Brian York, apprentice Ivan Wernowski and Mick Pelling.
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