Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald have been in red hot form of late and we were thrilled to see our our girl Up And Comer part of that wave. She blitzed her rivals over 2150m at Gunnedah to score her 2nd career victory.
The dry track and more particularly the step up in trip were the two factors which contributed to the 4yo mare producing what we always thought she could.
Jockey Jean Van Overmeire summed things up perfectly, setting the daughter of Press Statement alight passing the 600m and she rose to the challenge.
Up And Comer left them standing when they straightened and she quickly put a space on her rivals to go to the line eased down with almost 4L to second.
It was just the confidence boost our girl needed and hopefully she can go on with it from here.
Congratulations to all involved!