Williamson drove four winners and nabbed two second placings at the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s first meeting of the season.
Williamson was rather pleased with his day’s work.
"It’s been a great day," he said.
"I drew quite a good book but having them all win instead of being down the track was great. Luck has been on my side."
It is the third time Williamson has driven four winners in a day, and once he was fortunate enough to drive five. He had a chance to equal that achievement but Fiery Ferret failed to, well, fire in the last race of the day.
"I’ve had five once and that was the best day for me ever. But four is bloody good."
Williamson started the day well with a second placing with Cuddly Trouble in the opening trot. Schnapps won race 2 and he backed up with another win in race 3 behind Martin McGuinness.
Dream Big ran second in race 5, and Williamson’s third win came in race 7, arguably the most entertaining race of the meeting.
He guided the favourite, Articulight, to the front with about 500m remaining in the 2200m race.
Articulight opened up a four-length lead which was rapidly disappearing down the straight as strong finishes came from Markim (fourth) and Mickey Jay (third). But it was Justan’s Sister who got the closest. The mare stormed down the outside and almost ran down Articulight. Perhaps it needed another five or 10m to pin back the final margin of three-quarters of a length.
Williamson’s fourth and final win came in the feature race, the 2700m Dutchie Handicap Trot, on Stylish Duke. The 6yr-old led from start to finish but had to weather two fast-finishing Pyramids.
Matthew’s brother, Brad Williamson, drove Pyramid Magic hard down the straight but was two and a-half lengths behind in second, while Pyramid Monarch was a neck back in third.
"[Stylish Duke] isn’t a bad horse on a good day and today was a good day for him. He has always showed a bit of ability and he showed that today."
Williamson got a little worried down the home straight when his brother was chasing hard with Pyramid Magic.
"A wee bit [nervous] but he is quite a lazy horse, so I knew he would be fine when they got to him and he actually held on quite nicely at the end.
"Generally he is not very good in front but he ended up there and he was running on nicely, so I thought we’ll just keep going."
It was the first time Forbury Park Trotting Club had staged a Sunday meeting and general manager Rodney Moore said the day had proven to be a winner.
"The overall assessment is it has been an outstanding day. The numbers have been very, very strong," Moore said.
"There has been a really good vibe and I think it has just strengthened, for us, the desire to ensure we continue to get this race meeting on this day going forward."
