The horsewoman scored a training quinella with To Ri Alby and Highview Justice in race 4.
Hoffman’s one-two finish in race 4 was her first training in a solo capacity.
She had managed the feat twice before, firstly when training in partnership with Graeme Anderson and again when training with Jonny Cox.
To achieve the feat on her own and in her own colours was even more satisfying, she said.
Hoffman’s night began perfectly when she trained trotter Landora’s Lassie to win the opening race.
And it got even better. She gained her first training treble in a solo capacity when Raphoe won race 9.
"It’s the first in my just own name. . . I am absolutely rapt," she said.
To Ri Alby is a horse that has had more than his share of injury problems, but Hoffman has a secret weapon in trying to win his battle to stay on the racetrack.
Dunedin-based veterinarian Peter Gillespie shared in the ownership of the horse through the In The Black syndicate and gave To Ri Alby all the extra attention he needed on his stable visits, Hoffman said.
The 7yr-old paced to victory courtesy of what is becoming a staple of recent Forbury Park meetings — an inch-perfect Blair Orange drive.
Earlier, Landora’s Lassie was driven to success by the stable’s junior reinsman, Todd Quate.
The win was Quate’s first since moving to Waikouaiti from Canterbury over winter.
Quate had put in a good amount of work with the horse and deserved credit for the victory, Hoffman said.
Makarewa trainer Craig Ferguson also scored his first quinella, in race 6 on the Forbury Park card.
Ferguson had a quarter of his stable — three of the 12 horses he has in work — entered in the junior drivers’ event.
He looked a chance of getting the trifecta in the event but was happy to settle for the quinella when It’s All over Now and driver Mark Hurrell held out No More Change and Matt Purvis.
