In the end it was nephew Ethan Brown who answered the SOS.
And they were both pretty happy with the decision after the young jockey rode Judge Jeanine a treat over the 1406m of the $22,000 O’Halloran’s Garage Doors BM58.
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Although horse and rider escaped the course caller’s notice until into the home straight, he got pretty excited when he saw the mare hooked to the outside and really starting to fire up.
Judge Jeanine went past the rest of the field with ease to win by almost three lengths, easing up on the line.
Stephen Brown said it was only the mare’s second win, and a good result for her third start this prep.
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If Brown was confident, he may have been the only one at the track because his horse drifted out to 15/1 before settling at 12/1.
He said Judge Jeanine had enjoyed the Good 4 surface after a fighting third at Echuca first up this time in.
But on Pakenham’s synthetic track, which Brown said she did not handle or like, the result was a dismal 11th out of 12.
All of which was immediately forgotten with her barnstorming finish at Benalla.
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“Her run at Echuca was great but she then didn’t handle the synthetic; and she’s been a little off but she’s back now,” Brown added.
“I don’t normally like her getting back like she did at Echuca, but it seemed to work well for her and we talked about it a fair bit afterwards.”
Judge Jeanine had been spelled for 23 weeks before the run at Echuca, had a three-week freshener (which didn’t help) at Pakenham and then rolled out two weeks later at Benalla and turned on a masterclass.
“We didn’t have much on her today, after Pakenham, but she’ll go on from here,” Brown said.
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Ethan Brown ended the day twice as happy — his ride on Look Sharpish in the $22,000 Ryan & McNulty Sawmillers BM64 over 1606m completing a dazzling running double.
The other star of the day was jockey Luke Nolen, who rode his own double. He took out the $23,000 Marshall+Dent Willmoth Maiden over 1106m on Torbreck and saluted with Tell Me Again in the $23,000 Comfort Inn Benalla Plate over 1406m.
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