Cardigan trainer Emma Stewart has entered rare air in the annals of Australian harness racing.
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Stewart became only the fifth trainer in history to produce seven winners on the same race card Kilmore on Wednesday night.
Shayne Cramp holds the record of eight, achieved at Mildura in 2014.
Stewart, who trains in partnership with Clayton Tonkin, joins three legends of the industry in Lance Justice, John McCarthy and Steve Turnbull on seven.
Justice had his seven wins at Globe Derby Park in Adelaide in 1989, McCarthy at Albion Park in Brisbane in 2010 and Turnbull at Parkes in NSW in 2014.
Stewart’s previous best had been five – achieved on 10 occasions, including the latest at Bendigo on Tuesday night.
Champion reinsman Chris Alford was in the sulky for six of the Kilmore victories.
The conquering of Kilmore completed an extraordinary two days for Stewart, with all her 12 wins coming in heats of the Vicbred Super Series for two and three-year-olds.
The feat over the two days also took her past 200 wins in Victoria for the season.
And Stewart’s assault on the VSS heats is not complete yet either.
She has another 11 runners in 4yo heats in Ballarat on Friday night.
Here’s how Stewart took her career to another new height at Kilmore:
Race 1 – VSS 3yo colts and geldings heat 1: MAJOR TIMES (Chris Alford)
Race 3 – VSS 3yo fillies heat 2: NOSTRA BEACH (Chris Alford)
Race 4 - VSS 3yo colts and geldings heat 2: RIDE HIGH (Mark Pitt)
Race 5 - VSS 3yo colts and geldings heat 3: LIFTNTORQUE (Chris Alford)
Race 6 – VSS 3yo fillies heat 3: NOSTRA VILLA (Chris Alford)
Race 7 - VSS 3yo colts and geldings heat 4: KONAN (Chris Alford)
Race 9 – VSS 3yo fillies heat 4: Seak No Evil (Chris Alford)