Warrnambool trainer Bill Wilde described the win of honest sprinter Arch Symbol in Wednesday's Wangoom Handicap on his home track as one of his biggest thrills.Wilde, a dentist, bred the Archway five-year-old out of his Key Dancer mare Centore and races him with his wife Karen and their three children.Son Symon is co-training with Wilde from this season and they are having plenty of success with their team of 20 horses in work."I bought the mare as a yearling mainly because she was well bred. Sh

Warrnambool trainer Bill Wilde described the win of honest sprinter Arch Symbol in Wednesday's Wangoom Handicap on his home track as one of his biggest thrills.

Wilde, a dentist, bred the Archway five-year-old out of his Key Dancer mare Centore and races him with his wife Karen and their three children.

Son Symon is co-training with Wilde from this season and they are having plenty of success with their team of 20 horses in work.

"I bought the mare as a yearling mainly because she was well bred. She wasn't a particularly well-performed horse, she only had a few starts," Wilds said.

"But she produced an exceptionally good horse called Belfast Card who I would say was the equal of this horse but he had only three starts.

"There's a history of unsoundness in the family and if you looked at this horse you'd never ever buy him.

"That's one of my biggest thrills. That's absolutely fantastic. We thought he was good and this is the icing on the cake. There will be massive celebrations tonight."

Arch Symbol has won seven of his nine starts and more than doubled his prizemoney to more than $120,000 with the Wangoom victory.

Wilde delayed engaging a jockey for as long as possible, hoping to secure Damien Oliver who rode topweight Time Matters into third place, but picked up Aaron Spiteri who he said was the best jockey available.

Spiteri did not let the stable down giving Arch Symbol ($3.30 fav) a good run from barrier three before just holding out Bocuse ($4.60) by a short half-head with Time Matters ($9.50) a long neck away third.

"It was a big rise in class today and I thought he may have got there marginally too soon but to his credit he did fight on well," Wilde said.

Spiteri said he tracked Time Matters throughout.

"He travelled really good through the going (slow 6) and had a good run and quickened really well in the straight," he said.

"He knows where the line is which is a really good attribute."