The Cessnock Cup Prelude race ended with a rare occurrence when a father and son combination took out the lead-up to the big race at Wine Country Race Club on Tuesday.
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Craig Dwyer steered Dubai Dusk, trained by his father Mick, to a narrow win in the race, starting the second ranked outsider at $14.
Dubai Dusk, a 7-year-old gelding was coming off a 105-day break and proved too good for the well-supported runner-up Can Dominate, with race favourite Winarvi filling third place.
In a day when favourites didn’t perform all that well, Charpenz, trained by Johnnie Roberts at Wyong took out the maiden at start number 20, returning $38.40 for the win, edging out the $2.80 favourite Torquay with the Kim Waugh-trained Berry Baby third.
Former Test cricketer and Australian selector Mark Waugh was at the Cessnock meeting to see wife’s gallopers go around.
The other runner, Bully Bully finished second.
