Eugowra's annual day of racing, fashion and celebration was capped off by a historic win in the Kriden Farms 2025 Canola Cup by locally owned three-year-old Sweet On Lexy.

Owned by Forbes' Lex Crosby, who was Eugowra Harness Racing Club president for nine years and now president of the Forbes Diggers Harness Racing Club reflected on the significance of the win.

"A lot of these events I've developed and put together when I was president so it's great to win," Lex said.

Trained and driven by Bathurst's Bernie Hewitt, Sweet On Lexy went into the $30,000 feature race as the $1.15 favourite and while expectations were high with a strong heat performance the weekend before, the race was hard-fought with Sweet On Lexy drawing barrier nine.

"You never know in racing, he had the form to win but it was a tough run," Lex said.

Sweet On Lexy is the ninth generation of a mare Lex's father bought back in 1955.

"We've been breeding from that family for 70 years, I'm 72 now so all my life I've grown up with that family of horses."

Sweet On Lexy's dam, I'm With Lexy claimed the same race in 2017 adding to the emotion of the win for Lex and making this the first time a horse and it's dam have both won the Canola Cup.

Local contender Denver Colorado, trained by Forbes' Jason Gaffney and driven by Canowindra's Mat Rue placed seventh in the highly contested Cup.

The Gundamain Feedlot Canola Cup Gold Consolation was also taken out by trainer and driver Bernie Hewitt, this time with locally owned pacer Watch Me Raider who is raced by Ashley Hazell of Forbes and Dean Nealon of Grenfell.

The day was filled with some incredible racing including a breakthrough moment for Bathurst's 16-year-old Ella Turnbull who raced in her fourth drive to claim her first career win aboard Kadar in the Cabonne Shire Council and Forbes Livestock Pace.

Kadar is trained by Ella's dad Josh Turnbull and owned by her mum Jess Turnbull.

Race caller on the day, Craig Dumesny said that was a big effort for Ella considering she has only just started driving.

Other winners in the nine-race program included Tukurua (Harrison Ross), Jasperstimetoshine (Jye Coney), Shevchenko (Jett Turnbull), Reason to Party (Olivia Frisby), Auntie Lou (Isobel Ross) and Cassius Deck (Amanda Turnbull).

Craig added the Eugowra Harness Racing Club were rewarded for their hard work when a huge crowd attended the famous Canola Cup race meeting.

"There was so much for the patrons to take in," he said.

"It was a great day with a massive crowd which is pretty significant that Eugowra can still attract such a big crowd to harness racing."