COROWA trainer Geoff Duryea hopes a dominant Narrandera victory will help the 'penny drop' with well-bred stayer Cloud Nine.
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Four of the six races were run at Narrandera on Saturday before the meeting was abandoned due to the state of the track.
Cloud Nine ($3.80) was one horse who enjoyed success before the rain hit when he took out the $12,000 Narrandera Exies, Bidgee and Charles Sturt Hotel Maiden Handicap (1400m).
The five-year-old son of So You Think had been unplaced from six starts heading into the Narrandera meeting but put it all together to runaway with a dominant six and a half length victory, with Jordan Mallyon in the saddle.
A $90,000 purchase from the Melbourne Premier Sale, Duryea hopes the maiden victory is a sign of things to come.
"He was pretty impressive," Duryea conceded.