She had to wait until the final race, but jockey Vanessa Arnott made it 300 wins in Darwin on Saturday.
Arnott, who debuted at Fannie Bay in 2005, celebrated the milestone aboard Jason Manning’s Brazen Bon, who was making its NT debut, over 1100m at Class 2 level.
Drawing a wide gate, Brazen Bon – starting at $6 with online bookmakers – settled in sixth place after Tayarn Halter’s $2.80 favourite Forms Of Fear led exiting the back straight.
Brazen Bon, a four-year-old gelding, was among a group chasing the leader and was caught four ddeepbut was fourth approaching the final bend.
Forced three ddeep,turning for home, the son of Bon Aurum went after Forms Of Fear, who was running on empty despite leading comfortably with 350m to go.
Brazen Bon, carrying 3kg less than Forms Of Fear, swooped at the 100m to seal victory by 1.3 lengths.
Jockey Vanessa Arnott had a challenging day at Fannie Bay on Saturday, coming close but missing out on several occassions before finally securing her 300th career victory in the final race.
She finished fourth with Kessler in the 0-58 ranks and saw Motivated Miss narrowly beaten by a nose in the BM54 over 1200m.
Her toughest loss came with the $3.20 Picklebet favourite Bon’s Pride, Brazen Bon’s full brother, who surged late but fell just short, finishing second by a neck in the BM76 over 1200m.
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