Lee Freedman landed a winning double at Sandown on Wednesday which gave him three winners from his last three runners on Melbourne tracks.The six-time premier trainer broke a run of 32 outs in Melbourne at Moonee Valley on Friday night when his only runner at the meeting, Impersonator, won for apprentice Logan McGill.Impersonator was the Rye stable's first winner in Melbourne since The Original scored at the Valley night meeting on Victoria Derby eve last month.The first leg of Freedman's Sandow

Lee Freedman landed a winning double at Sandown on Wednesday which gave him three winners from his last three runners on Melbourne tracks.

The six-time premier trainer broke a run of 32 outs in Melbourne at Moonee Valley on Friday night when his only runner at the meeting, Impersonator, won for apprentice Logan McGill.

Impersonator was the Rye stable's first winner in Melbourne since The Original scored at the Valley night meeting on Victoria Derby eve last month.

The first leg of Freedman's Sandown double was Double Reward who led all the way for Dwayne Dunn in the Galleon Hcp (1000m) with Reconcentrate also leading throughout for apprentice Nick Hall in the But Beautiful Hcp (1400m).

The double took Freedman to 24 wins in Melbourne so far this season, a lead of two over David Hayes and four ahead of Mick Price in the trainers' premiership.

Double Reward, a three-year-old by Lucky Owners out of the Rory's Jester mare Double Gay, completed a hat-trick of wins having won over 1000m on the Geelong ThoroughTrack on July 11 and August 22.

Freedman has a good opinion of Reconcentrate who has raced seven times and won three of her four starts this time in.

"She's had a very good preparation, she's an honest filly. She's one of the many Resets I've got," he said.

Reset, a son of Zabeel and Assertive Lass, was unbeaten in five career starts including the 2004 Australian Guineas and Futurity Stakes.

He sired this year's Victoria Derby winner Rebel Raider.

The third and last of Freedman's runners Wednesday, Gazza Guru, finished eighth to the Mat Ellerton-trained Spirited Halo in the Betfair Hcp (1300m).

Meanwhile, Craig Newitt asked to be stood down from History Book in the final event of the seven-race program, the Molly's Robe Hcp (1300m), after being shaken when lightning struck near him on pulling up his mount Lara's Glitter after race four, the But Beautiful Hcp.

Newitt told stewards, chaired by Terry Bailey, he was right to ride Zipstream (fourth) in the fifth race, the Betfair Hcp.

But Bailey said Newitt told stewards he wasn't feeling 100 per cent after that ride and was replaced by Dale Smith on the unplaced History Book.

The thunderstorm that suddenly struck Sandown cleared and did not otherwise affect the meeting.