FORMER Nowra-based trainers Robert and Luke Price had a meet to remember on Friday at the Moruya Jockey Club.
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The father and son combination won the prestigious Batemans Bay Cup, with their five-year-old mare LiveInTheFastLane.
With jockey Brock Ryan on board, the pair won the 1640 metre benchmark 65 handicap by 1.3 lengths from Danny Williams' Petaluma - with Lauren Davies' Clergyman in third.
The Prices backed in up in the very next race, the 1200 metre benchmark 58 handicap, with Noble Soldier (again ridden by Brock Ryan) - which claimed line honours ahead of Edward Cummings' Venodome and Theresa Bateup's Halliday Road.
These victories were just two of five podiums finishers for the Prices - who also recorded two fourths too.
Their second place same in the 1200 metre maiden handicap with Kimberley Rain, finishing behind Gwenda Markwell's Spectrometer in the 1200 metre maiden handicap.
The first of their thirds came in the 1640 metre maiden handicap with Persian Front.
With Brock Ryan on board, the duo was edged by John O'Shea's Sidearm and Kurt Goldman's Namarari.
Then in the 1020 metre class three handicap, El Magnificence was pipped by Norm Gardner's Dalecour and Terry Robinson's King's Trust.
Other wins on the eight-race schedule went to Danny Williams' Ahead Start (1020 metre maiden plate), Natalie Jarvis' Heavenly Thunder (1200 metre benchmark 58 handicap) and Peter Robl's Hard Reality (1425 metre class two handicap) - which marked the biggest race meet at the Moruya Jockey Club in more than six months.
"Our crowd was limited to 500 and we had 497 people show up, so it was great and we didn't have to turn anyone away," Moruya Jockey Club manager Brian Cowden said.
"There was a good mix in the crowd of both locals and visitors.
"The only hitch on the day was the late arrival of horses and jockey stuck morning traffic out of Sydney."
The next big race meet at Moruya is on Melbourne Cup Day, with Cowden's club currently looking into different ways to host the day with COVID-19 in mind.
"We would normally have double or triple people attend on a Melbourne Cup Day that we had on Friday, so we've got to figure out a solution that caters to as many people as possible," he said.
