Apprentice jockey Caine Stuart, a former dual Australian judo champion, made all the right moves when winning the 1200 metres Inland Petroleum-Gulargambone Gold Cup on Saturday aboard the Brett Robb trained Rothgate.
Despite bitterly cold weather a tremendous crowd celebrated the 100th year of racing at Gulargambone and witnessed an exciting finish to the Cup.
Given a nice run behind the leaders Running Bear and Accrue by Caine Stuart, Rothgate ($4.60) held off by a head So Country (Georgina McDonnell, $2.40 favourite) with Starlink (Zoe Hunt, $4.60) a handy third.
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