For the second time in as many weeks Carson Millar took his entire stable to the races and returned home with a perfect strike rate after Test Of Fire and Pet Kitty both scored at Melton on Saturday night.
Jordan Leedham took off on Test Of Fire ($2.90 fav) from midfield with 800 metres to travel and the five-year-old showed plenty of intestinal fortitude to stave off Anikan by two metres in a mile rate of 1:54.3.
Half an hour later Pet Kitty, with Leedham aboard, completed a memorable night for Millar when she led all the way in the Nutrien Equine Pace.
Sent out a $1.90 favorite on the strength of two wins from her past three starts, Pet Kitty bounded away in the home straight to score comfortably by eight metres from Fun To Love in a mile rate of 1:53.4.
Millar landed the first double of his career a fortnight ago at Geelong and promptly followed it up with his maiden Saturday night double at Melton.
The 36-year-old Millar, who drives trains for a living, only has the two horses in work.
“It’s a super feeling as I only do the two horses,” Millar said.
The nomadic Pet Kitty has been in no less than eight different stables in her career including a stint with Millar last year when she won five races in a row.
“She’s got a lot of quirks and she’s not easy to handle yet she’s never run a bad race for me to be honest,” he said.
“She’s tries her heart out and that’s all I can ask.”
Millar said his occupation as a train driver allows him the flexibility to prepare a small team at Meredith between Geelong and Ballarat.
“It’s shift work which involves early mornings and late nights and it fits in with me doing a hobby like this,” he said.
