Inspired by the effort of his mate Mark Thompson - running on invitation in the Thompson Family Handicap at Ararat a week before - Paul Fenn turned on the turbochargers on Sunday to win the 8km Trounson Family Handicap for the first time.
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The 2015-16 Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club champion endured a forced absence for the next two years with a plantar fasciitis injury, but returned to form with a vengeance winning at the last of only four starts this season in May.
Flying Fenn gave up to 20 minutes start to the slower runners and yet his winning margin over Sandra Barwick was just on 1.5 minutes. Jack Trounson was third on troublesome ankles.
The club has a bye this weekend, but will meet with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club for the 8km Best's Great Western Classic at the winery on July 14. Fun runners welcome.
HURLEY SHINES
Rebecca Hurley might have to rethink her mantra that she is "not really a runner" after winning her second Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race just three starts after her maiden success.
Twelfth and 13th in the Concongella Vineyards run the week before, Hurley and Naomi Hunter staged spectacular form reversals to quinella the 6.5km Telstra Shop Handicap on a muddy and sometimes slippery course at Horsham.
In the 1km sub-junior race, six-year-old Chloe Hunter scampered to a five-second win over Jerome Baker, denying him back-to-back victories, with Eva Hurley a close third.
