Matthew Bennett was in charge of the Damien Lane prepared Miello at the Taree-Wingham Racing Club meeting on Monday 14, July with the duo jumping from barrier 8 in a field of 12.
The pairing were always well back and on entering the straight, attacked the line with vigor to go down narrowly to Lady Corleone,
by just under a length with Nonino in 2nd place just under a half a length from the winner
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TAREE CUP WEEKEND 22 & 24 AUGUST BENCHMARK 60 HANDICAP (1412 METRES)
Of $15,000.1st $8,200, 2nd $2,900, 3rd $1,425, 4th $675, 5th $425, 6th $275, 7th $275, 8th $275, 9th $275, 10th $275, Starter Subsidy $200
BenchMark 60, Handicap, Minimum Weight 54kg, Apprentices can claim.
BOBS Bonus available: $5,000
Track Condition: Good 3 Time: 1:25.86 Last 600m: 0:36.41
1 9 LADY CORLEONE Marc Conners Serg Lisnyy (a0/50.5kg) 9 54kg $6.50
2 8 NONINO Michael Byers Blake Spriggs 0.3L 8 54.5kg $17
3 2 MIELLO Damien Lane Matthew Bennett 0.8L 4 59kg $3.40F
4 3 PERFECT SCOUT Kris Lees Ms Samantha Clenton (a1.5/54kg) 1.3L 11 59kg (cd 57.5kg) $6
5 5 TAKEN (NZ) Norman Rogers Adrian Layt 1.4L 1 56.5kg $21
6 1 INTERMAC Brett Bellamy Jasen Watkins 1.7L 3 61kg $11
7 7 EASYONE Garry Frazer Ms Claire Nutman (a1.5/51.5kg) 3.3L 2 56kg (cd 54.5kg) $4.80
8 11 ART DELAGO Tony V Green Andrew Adkins (a3/46kg) 3.4L 10 54kg (cd 51kg) $41
9 12 FINE DROP Beatrice Godbolt Ms Belinda Hodder 3.6L 6 54kg $15
10 4 LEO’S SPIRIT (NZ) Jenny Graham Ms Melinda Graham (a4/) 4.5L 12 56.5kg (cd 52.5kg) $13
11 10 WITH A TWIST John A Sprague Andrew Gibbons 4.6L 5 54kg $15
12 6 BLINKIN RULES Ross Stitt Scott Thurlow 10.1L 7 56kg $10
13 JEST MAMBOO Bart Dening Matthew Paget 0