The stables of Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers saddled up 21 horses at the Castlepoint Beach Racing Club's highly successful meeting on Saturday, and he reaped the rewards.
Not only did they provide the first three home in the feature race, the Fagan Motors Castlepoint Cup, but they also won three of the races on the eight-race programme.
Myers, currently sitting second with 50 wins on the national trainers premiership, was delighted to win the Cup with the promising Pennon, who just pipped stablemate Sonny Wellington in a driving finish.
It was his third win in the event, having won with Stacey Jones in 2001 and Gabla in 2002, and he was moved to remark that the victory gave him as big a thrill as winning a high-profile race such as the Auckland Cup.
Pennon was always likely to be a leading contender for the big race as his record of three wins, seven seconds and two thirds from 25 starts - many of them in Australia - indicated his ability.