Trainer Brett ­Cavanough landed the biggest pay day of his successful career after his brilliant filly Loved Up scored an impressive ­victory in the $403,300 Inglis 3YO Scone ­Guineas, (1400 metres) on Saturday.

Nicconi filly Loved Up dominated the 16-strong field to win the $400,000 RL Scone Inglis Guineas over 1400m on the Scone Race Club’s stand-alone meeting. Trained by Brett Cavanough, Loved Up (Nicconi x Love’s Here) failed to meet her $50,000 reserve at the 2013 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale when offered from the draft of Lustre Lodge, and has now taken her earnings past $460,000 across 13 starts for 6 wins.

The grand finale to a massive Scone Horse Festival will begin with Australia’s richest country carnival – the $2 million Scone Cup Carnival – being held across Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May, and will conclude with the Inglis Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Scone Yearling Sale on Sunday 17 May.

TWO Group 1 winners in separate states just 20 minutes apart, a winning quartet at Royal Randwick and the new Golden Slipper favourite.