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<\/p>\nCarnarvon Cup winning co-trainer Ben Pearce has hailed a key equine mentor \u2013 legendary local horseman Peter Daly \u2013 after winning the coveted trophy with Outspoken Lad in a thrilling feature on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The seven-year-old gelding just outlasted Lutz and Hafey \u2013 who had recently won the respective Derby and Junction Cups \u2013 for an ownership group headed by dual West Coast Eagles premiership vice-captain Michael Brennan. It took the winner\u2019s career prizemoney tally to nearly $325,000.<\/p>\n
Pearce, who co-trains Outspoken Lad with his brother Dan at their Karnup stables, said the victory made him immediately think back to 20 years ago in Carnarvon when Daly gave him some vital learnings in the equine training game.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I started training, I was a farrier and I was coming up here once a month and shoeing all of Peter Daly\u2019s horses,\u201d Pearce said of the 12-time leading Carnarvon trainer.<\/p>\n
\u201cPete is an outstanding horseman. Adam Durrant (a leading metropolitan trainer) has learnt a lot of him, I\u2019ve learnt a lot off him and he\u2019s just one of the good, old-school horsemen who can do everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not only a horse trainer, but he\u2019s a farrier and a dentist and a vet. It\u2019s been good to be associated with him and in the moment, winning the Carnarvon Cup is a good feeling.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here with some good mates, everyone is excited and that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ben Pearce and the 2025 Carnarvon Cup post race.<\/p>\n
While the Pearce brothers often have their horses in some of the State\u2019s biggest races, Ben said events like the Canarvon Cup played an important role in the industry. The stable has also recently won the Kambalda, Tatts and Coolgardie Cups in Kalgoorlie.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really important because a lot of the owners come from up in these regional areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if this racing wasn\u2019t in front of people on the public stage in these regional areas, I think you would lose a lot of interest in horse racing. So it\u2019s just so important that these races continue and keep that interest in these communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gascoyne Minister Hannah Beazley attended her first Carnarvon Cup on Saturday and said it was a joy to see some 1000 people socialising at one of the region\u2019s key events. Ms Beazley presented the season\u2019s Jockey of the Year award to Tash Faithful, who has overcome devastating injuries from a 2019 trackwork fall to become the leading county rider in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cRacing plays such an important role in the Gascoyne, not only as a sport, but as a driver of tourism, local business and community connection,\u201d Ms Beazley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach visit (to the region) has deepened my appreciation for the people who live and work here and the strong sense of pride that underpins events like today. The Cook Labor Government is proud to back the future of regional racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Racing in the Mid West generates $56.5 million a year in annual economic contribution, with 14,000 people attending events and 400 people in full-time employment.<\/p>\n
Carnarvon Race Club president Chris Fox said Cup day was a major highlight on the Gascoyne town\u2019s annual social calendar.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe social aspect of Carnarvon is just incredible and to have a brilliant day like this is such a great outlet for our little, tiny town,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe employment we have from everyone getting ready and buying dresses and getting their hair done, to working out here today is just great. It\u2019s a good earning point for the town.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen people come out here, they already can\u2019t wait for next year. They ask us to run events so they have that outlet and if you look at the demographics in this crowd, you see there is a whole heap of young crew.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t have much of an avenue to socialise or put their good threads on to strut their stuff, so it\u2019s a great time for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bunbury-based trainer Ray Malpass capped off a consistent season that saw him snare the Leading Trainer award, by winning the final race on Cup day with 26-1 outside Money For Old Rope. The win also gave rising star jockey Sharni Webster a last-gasp victory in the Leading Apprentice award.<\/p>\n
Evergreen 10-year-old gelding Lacevinsky, trained in Dongara by Jackie Scott, franked a remarkable career turnaround to win the fifth race on the card for jockey Natika Riordan and seal the Leading Horse title for the season.<\/p>\n
It was Lacevinsky\u2019s third recent race win for Scott after the horse had not tasted victory for more than three years.<\/p>\n
Steve Butler<\/p>\n
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Outspoken Lad owner Michael Brennan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carnarvon Cup winning co-trainer Ben Pearce has hailed a key equine mentor \u2013 legendary local horseman Peter Daly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-140369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}