Joe Pride snapped a frustrating lean spell in emphatic fashion at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with a winning double.Pride's brace came courtesy of promising three-year-olds Rain Affair and Take The Oath and broke a run of 24 city outs for the trainer.The Warwick Farm horseman sits comfortably in fourth place on the Sydney trainers' premiership with 34.5 winners so far this season."This month I hadn't trained a winner and I looked the other day and it's been three years since I went a month without
Joe Pride snapped a frustrating lean spell in emphatic fashion at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with a winning double.
Pride's brace came courtesy of promising three-year-olds Rain Affair and Take The Oath and broke a run of 24 city outs for the trainer.
The Warwick Farm horseman sits comfortably in fourth place on the Sydney trainers' premiership with 34.5 winners so far this season.
"This month I hadn't trained a winner and I looked the other day and it's been three years since I went a month without a winner so I wasn't going to let that happen," Pride said.
"It's been a bit of a lean trot of late but when you look back at the end of each season there's always going to be periods where things just don't go your way.
"That's the nature of the beast but I've got full faith in the support I've got and the systems I have in place."
Rain Affair got the ball rolling for Pride in the Ashcroft Handicap (1000m) when he spaced his rivals by 5-3/4-lengths.
Pride made it a race-to-race double when a change of tactics paid dividends for Take The Oath when he came from the tail of the field and bounced back into winning form with a strong display in the Lake Moore Handicap (1600m).
The Group Three Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) on April 9 at Randwick is the possible next target for Take The Oath, while Pride is undecided what to do with Rain Affair.
"We've had a fair wrap on him for a long time," Pride said after Rain Affair dictated terms in front and raced to his second win from just three starts.
"We're just hoping he can make the next step. He's still doing a lot wrong but you can see he has got a stack of ability."
With the autumn carnival in full swing at the moment, Pride said Rain Affair might not go too much further this campaign.
The Pride duo wasn't the only talented three-year-olds on display with the Peter Snowden-trained Quidnunc pouncing off a hot speed to win the Heckenberg Handicap (1300m).
It was thefilly's second win this preparation and Snowden will now raise the bar with the daughter of Lonhro.
The Listed James Carr Stakes (1400m) for fillies at Randwick on April 23 was labelled the "perfect" target for Quidnunc by Snowden.