It was smiles all round for the Hewitt stable following a good all the way win by Wabi Sabi, in the Bathurst RSL Club Pace last Friday night. The son of former champion mare Sabilize, will now head to the Breeders Challenge Regional Final at Bathurst next Sunday.
Hewitt’s trip to his home track took rather longer than usual. Returning home from Thursday’s Penrith meeting, he found the highway blocked at Katoomba, returning to Penrith to find accommodation for his horses, he eventually found accommodation for Mat Rue and himself up on the mountains at Faulconbridge.
The pair returned to Penrith the following morning for the horses, before driving through the snow back to Bathurst, where they arrived just before that night’s meeting.
A well deserved win, by any measure!
by Terry Neil