Its been a very big couple of weeks for Virginia trainer Jill Neilson’s stable with no less than seven winners coming from her set up.
While Jill can’t take all the credit as she herself was having a quick break, the standin training duties were left to stable foreperson Katie Lobb.
The current run of success started back on October 11 when Opinionated and Georgie Mae took out the last two races on the program.
Opinionated, a seven year old by Art Major, then saluted again on October 25.
Claimer Charming Major then made it back to back wins on consecutive Saturdays.
The first meeting in November saw Neilson come away from Globe Derby with three winners. Two year old Big Black Betty, a daughter of Betting Line, beat the older horses in Race 6, Honeybun (by Always Be Miki), another two year old took out race 7 while Georgie Mae won the final race on the day.
Neilson went within a short half head of making it four for the day when odds on favourite Just Chai, a gelding Neilson bred and races with her mum Mrs Elma West, was beaten in a tight photo by South East visitor and first starter for Mark Phillips, Joelita
