Sadly there was no blockbuster Elvis meeting but that didn't mean the Parkes Harness Racing Club didn't put on another cracker of an evening for participants and supporters of pacing.
Track curator Brett Hutchings did a great job to get the track up to scratch following the huge storm, and after a brief early shower punters were treated to a meeting that saw plenty of big value winners.
After securing the gun draw, Pay was relatively untroubled as the gelding showed good gate speed, leading the whole race to eventually win by a comfortable six metres.
Jack Rocks ($4 place) is now proving himself to be a good value expert of sorts, winning his last start at the track at the astounding odds of $61 before securing second in the Championship after being one back on the pegs at the healthy place odds of $4.
It was a concession driver treble, with Parkes' William Cassell piloting Jumping Jack Jimmy home ($1.85 fixed place) from three wide down the straight, with the first three all comfortably ahead of the rest of the field.
The most impressive win of the night belonged to Semi Sensation ($1.45) who was previously racing in stronger company at Menangle and Penrith before switching to the Bathurst-based Michael Muscat stable.
The mare rolled forward from three wide and led for the rest of the race; streaking away on the back straight to record a dominant 26 metre win with the experienced Doug Hewitt aboard.
It was Hewitt's second win for the evening, with the in-form Amanda Turnbull also driving a double aboard Lucky Ava ($2.60) and Ideologist ($1.22).
The next meeting at the Parkes Harness Racing Club is the Australia Day meeting, which is sure to be a fun and exciting affair for the whole family.
By Kristy Williams