Jockey Blaike McDougall continued his strong Archer Racecourse form on Monday, by securing a place in all seven races of the meet.
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Two of those podium finishes were race victories, with the first coming in the 1400-metre class one handicap with the Richard Litt-trained Legal Challenge, who won by 0.8 lengths from Role Play - trained by the Nowra-born Kerry Parker.
The 27-year-old doubled his win tally in the 1200-metre benchmark 58 handicap with Joseph Pride's Miss Baltimore - with former Nowra trainers Robert and Luke Price's Alqaab running second.
These two wins boost McDougall's claims for a maiden Australian jockeys' premiership, propelling him (193 winners including two dead-heats) clear of Western Australian rival Chris Parnham (191) with less than a fortnight left in the season.
However, McDougall will have to wait until Friday's meeting on the Canberra Acton track to next jump in the saddle while Parnham gets the chance to strike back at Belmont (Wednesday) and Pinjarra (Thursday).
"It's a pretty quiet week and there is just nothing on," McDougall told Sky Thoroughbred Central.
"I will take some decent time off when these borders open up but for now I am just trying to go around."
McDougall is hoping to become the first NSW-based jockey since Blake Shinn in 2014-15 to win the Australian jockeys' premiership, as William Pike has taken out each of the past five crowns.
The Riverina-based rider also holds a 13-win lead on Tommy Berry for the NSW statewide premiership and will be a clear winner of the country title.
McDougall, who also starred at Nowra's last race meet earlier this month, finished second in the 1400-metre maiden plate with Gary Moore's Who Fancies You, behind Gary Portelli's Feudalist.
The jockey wrapped his stellar performance at the Shoalhaven City Turf Club with four third-place finishes.
The first came with Matthew Smith's Roshan in the 2200-metre class one and handicap plate, won by Doug Gorrel's Same Old Scene.
Before he secured third in the 1200-metre handicap with Gary Moore's Monster Bisque (won by John O'Shea's King of Spades), the 1200-metre maiden handicap riding Richard Litt's Flying Grace (won by Richard and Michael Freedman's Notion) and the benchmark 58 handicap on Jarrod Austin's Lady Kirkham - which was taken out by Aaron Clarke's Rebellious Miss.
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