Cardigan trainer Emma Stewart topped off another massive season for her stable with a group 1 treble at Melton on Thursday night.
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Already with more group 1 wins in Australia than any other trainer in the past 20 years, Stewart won two pacing and one trotting Vicbred Super Series finals.
She saluted with three-year-old filly Maajida ($2.40 favourite), two-year-old filly Tough Tilly ($3.40) and two-year-old trotting filly Banglez ($3.90).
Myrniong-based reinsman Greg Sugars was in the sulky on Maajida and Banglez.
Maajida now has three group 1 titles, having won the Vicbred Super Series and Breeders Crown finals as a two-year-old.
Tough Tilly ended the unbeaten streak of nine wins of stablemate Ladies In Red after finding the lead.
She had previously run second to Ladies In Red four times.
Ladies In Red was not the only Stewart unbeaten run to come to an end, with three-year-old trotter Cover Of Darkness galloping at the start of his race and unable to add to his eight successes.
The treble also put the polish on yet another Victorian state and metropolitan premiership double for Stewart.
She had 308 winners in a COVID-19 impacted season extended by three months across the state and 87 at metropolitan meetings.
Stewart has now won both premierships six years in a row.
Cardigan co-trainers Anton Golino and Jack MacKinnon had their second group 1 win as a partnership with Always Ready ($1.70 favourite) in the Vicbred Super Series 4yo trotting entires/geldings final at Melton.
The victory put the icing on the cake of a comeback season for Always Ready.
Always Ready was one of the best of his age as a two-year-old, also winning the VSS final before he suffered a leg injury and missing his entire three-year-old season.
Meanwhile, James Herbertson is Victoria's premier concession driver for 2019-20.
The Lexton-based Herbertson had 184 wins - 90 more than second-placed Ryan Duffy from Ballarat.