Ronay has done it again on the Ballarat synthetic track.
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The Paddy Payne-trained mare collected her seventh win on the circuit in the Sportsbet Benchmark58 Handicap, 1400m, on Tuesday.
She has not won on any other surface.
Ronay ($8.50) showed a liking for her all-weather home track right from the start, winning at her second run on it and fourth career outing in August, 2019, and has not looked back.
She won four last year and Tuesday provided her a second success this year to take her earnings past $150,000 for the veteran owner-trainer.
Ronay also continued an outstanding run on the track for apprentice jockey Celine Gaudray.
She had a treble on Friday and Ronay completed a double.
Gaudray, who has been riding for two years, also won on Catadude ($3.30 favourite) in the Hygain Winners Choice Benchmark58 Handicap, 1200m - her 50th career victory.
BALLARAT apprentice Alana Kelly also continued on her winning way at the venue.
Fresh from a hometown double on Friday, she followed up by scoring on Hunka Hunka Harry ($11) for her father Daniel Kelly in the Polytrack Maiden, 1100m.
The six-year-old had had six seconds in 10 previous starts and was second-up since December.
Daniel Kelly said he thought Hunka Hunka Harry might win first-up at Mildura, but had not been suited by a soft6 track.
He paid credit the work his daughter was putting in to carve out a successful career in the saddle.
He said like many youngsters she put in the hard yards, travelling to Cranbourne to ride work every Monday and doing a lot of work for some of the big stables.
Kelly said patience was one of his daughter's key assets.
PAYNE and Kelly kept the excellent run of Ballarat stables going on the track, with hometown trainers getting seven winners on Friday.
Tony and Calvin McEvoy followed up a double on Friday by greeting the judge with The Difference ($3.70) in the Porter Plant Benchmark78 Handicap, 1000m, and then Matt Cumani rounded out the day with import Taramansour ($2.40 favourite) in the Hygain Winners Choice Benchmark64 Handicap, 2100m.
Taramansour gave jockey Fred Kersley a double,
