Armidale Jockey Club's meet may have been moved to the Inverell Racecourse but it was an Armidale trainer who was the biggest winner on Saturday.
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Stirling Osland finished with three winners from the six race meet on what one onlooker described as a "city class" surface despite the recent rain.
Buffet Buster got the job done in the opening Class 1 1400 metre handicap, beating Paul Grills' Flying Banjo by a length.
Then Razzle Dazzle made it two from two when the three-year-old mare, ridden by Ben Looker, beat Cody Morgan's Seminara in the 1100m Maiden Plate.
Walcha trainer George Woodward scored his first win since December when Madeline Owen rode Auctioneer's Bid to the front in the 1200m Maiden Plate.
Looker notched up his brace riding Jacob Perrett's Say Goodbye to the win in front of Stafford Wain's Timely Bel in the Benchmark 50 over 1200m.
Kingstar Bullet was Osland's third winner for the day.
The four-year-old held off favourite Zaidin for the victory in the 1800m Benchmark 58.
Scone-based Stephen Jones had a win in the final race of the day, the 1100m Benchmark 58 with Rachael Murray and Tuscon Valley finishing in front of Woodward's Blue Sky Moon.
Osland told NSW Country and Picnic Racing he was always confident of a strong showing, although he admitted there was one or two surprise results.
"We were pretty confident going there," Osland told NSW Country and Picnic Racing.
"The second filly (Razzle Dazzle) wasn't what we expected but the other two (Buffet Buster and Kingstar Bullet) were always going to be hard to beat.
"We got three (winners) out of six runners, which is not too shabby and a good day out for the group.
"Razzle Dazzle was a bit of a surprise because she obviously looks like a 1400m to a mile horse.
"I thought it would take a run or two to get her right for a win, but she got back and was strong late and got a great run straight up the fence."
It was a good effort by Osland and his team, who had originally prepared to race on their home track in Armidale on Tuesday, before the meeting was rescheduled for Saturday before eventually being moved to Inverell.
"I prepped them up to run at home and had them ready to run on Tuesday but it got called off and put back to Saturday and we had them ready again then the meeting got moved to here (Inverell)," Osland said.
"We had to deal with it, but the Inverell track is a good track.
"It has a nearly 400m straight and if anything, it could be a bit fairer than at Armidale and if we didn't race here, I don't think Razzle Dazzle wins."