• Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Read Our Newspapers Online
    • Read the Latest Western Port News
    • Read the Latest Mornington News
    • Read the Latest Southern Peninsula News
    • Read the Latest Frankston Times
    • Read the Latest Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Win drought ends for Langy
  • Brown has another talented stayer on his hands
  • Pythons win a close one, Kangaroos clear on top
  • An update on activities in Balnarring
  • Morris calls on Wynne to ‘end’ Ryman application
  • Happy finish to greyhound’s run
  • Prom catch threat to bays’ whiting
  • Experts fancy strait flight for parrots
Facebook Twitter
MPNEWSMPNEWS
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
MPNEWSMPNEWS
Home»Sport»Feek’s first Melbourne Saturday winner
Sport

Feek’s first Melbourne Saturday winner

By Ben TriandafillouJuly 13, 2021Updated:July 13, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read
Feek’s first: Belsielle breaks through to win David and Coral Feek’s first Saturday metropolitan race in Melbourne. Picture: Supplied.
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

HORSE RACING

AFTER four seasons in the Victorian training ranks, the Mornington-based partnership of David and Coral Feek have broken through to win their first Saturday metropolitan race in Melbourne.

Taking the leap from Moe to Caulfield, their three-year-old filly Belsielle dug deep to reel in the race-favourite Sugartown and win by a long-neck margin over the Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Zesty Belle.

The Feek partnership have had remarkable success in recent times of travelling horses to Sydney and winning at their Saturday metropolitan meetings (three wins from three runners) but were thrilled to finally land one “on home turf” last Saturday.

“We’ve come close in recent weeks but its really good to get that first one,” Co-trainer Coral Feek said post-race. 

The stable was unlucky not to break through just over a month ago as Ocean Miss was luckless at Flemington and was beaten by the narrowest of margins in a photo finish.

Co-trainer David Feek, who had also trained for a couple of years in England before moving to Mornington, said it was a massive relief to finally get the “monkey off the back”.

“It was just huge for us,” he said. “Coming from the UK and having made Mornington and Melbourne our home now – it’s quite rewarding to get that success in town.

“It’s a bit of relief too as we genuinely thought [Ocean Miss] had won that day but fortunately there was no photo involved this time.”

Feek said Belsielle will likely return to Caulfield in two weeks as she steps out to the 1200m for the first time.

“She’s not the biggest of horses but she’s got a heart of a lion and she showed her tremendous will to win on Saturday,” he said.

“The 1200m shouldn’t be an issue – she looked very strong through the line [on Saturday].”

First published in the Mornington News – 13 July 2021

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Win drought ends for Langy

May 17, 2022

Brown has another talented stayer on his hands

May 17, 2022

Pythons win a close one, Kangaroos clear on top

May 17, 2022

Superb display by Mornington

May 9, 2022
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Weather
May 20, 2022 - Fri
Mornington, Australia
14°C
overcast clouds
overcast clouds
1 m/s, ESE
62%
775.57 mmHg
fri05/20 sat05/21 sun05/22 mon05/23 tue05/24
broken clouds
14/10°C
sky is clear
12/10°C
sky is clear
13/11°C
few clouds
12/11°C
sky is clear
13/10°C
Peninsula Essence Magazine

Click here to read

April 27, 2022
Peninsula Kids Magazine

Click here to read

March 2, 2022
Council Watch

Shire offers $500,000 to performing arts

May 2, 2022

Mayor claims record in trust appointment

April 26, 2022
Elections 2022

Shire accused of being off track with pledges

May 17, 2022

Security takes precedence

May 17, 2022

Liberals slide as independents climb

May 17, 2022
Interview

Volunteers track koalas for science

May 2, 2022
Property of the Week

278 Dundas Street, Rye

May 11, 2022
100 Years Ago This Week

An update on activities in Balnarring

May 17, 2022
Contact
Street: 63 Watt Road, Mornington, 3931
Mailing: PO Box 588, Hastings, 3915
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
About

Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company.

MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

MPNG also publishes two glossy magazines: Peninsula Essence and Peninsula Kids.

Facebook Twitter
© 2022 Mornington Peninsula News Group.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.