Koloura Flight takes Wee Waa Cup

Koloura Flight is raced by Bruce McKinnon along with his wife Margaret, with Bruce handling both the training and driving.

“It was nice to win this race – we had a bit of bad luck at Inverell last week but we have turned it around today,” Bruce McKinnon said after the win.

In the Inverell start Koloura Flight had no luck in the feature Inverell Cup, when after a seven-hour road trip from Dubbo the gelding suffered severe interference on the first turn.

Narrabri saw all the stars align for McKinnon with Koloura Flight commencing from the seven barrier before McKinnon lobbed the six-year- old Flightpath-Koloura Jane gelding three back in the outside running line.

That proved to be a wise move by the 70-plus year old reinsman with Bathurst pacer Our Chittybangbang (Anthony Frisby) leading the field and Condafew (Lola Weidemann) racing out in the breeze.

“I didn’t want to get in behind the leader, just in case something locked me in, and I got stuck in there and that’s why I got in the outside running and it has paid off,” McKinnon said.

As the field rounded the final turn into the long Narrabri straight McKinnon sent Koloura Flight three wide around the field.

“My horses are use to the long straights at home and they put a bit of effort into it,” he said.

Koloura Flight had a 1.9m win over Our Chittybangbang, a last start winner at Parkes, with Condafew half a neck away third.

By Julie Maughan

Reprinted with permission of The Northern Daily Leader