John Sargent Gets Double At Wagga Wagga

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Sydney trainer John Sargent has prepared the winners of the two feature races on the second day of the annual .

Sargent sent two runners to Friday's meeting with a dominant winner of the $72,000 (1600m) for three-year-olds before took out the Listed $160,000 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup (2000m).

Last year's Group One third placegetter Foxborough proved adept in the heavy conditions, racing to victory by 5-1/2-lengths under Blaike McDougall as the $2.60 favourite.

In the Cup, the Sargent-trained mare House Of Cartier was sent out the $5 favourite and sat outside the leader before kicking clear in the straight with aboard.

The -trained Maurus ($5.50) weaved between runners from back in the field but could only get to within a half-length of House Of Cartier.

Master Of Arts, a stablemate of Maurus, finished another 4-1/4-lengths away third.

House Of Cartier's win was her first at stakes level after placings at Group Two level in in 2018 and last year's Group One ATC .

“Great win by House Of Cartier in the Wagga Cup, bringing up a double for the team from just the two runners for the carnival”, John Sargent Racing tweeted.

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