The win came just six drives into the 22-year-old’s race-day career.
She described the feeling of her first victory as awesome.
Getting her first win with a horse from her father’s stable made the victory all the more special and having him and her mother, Jackie, waiting to congratulate her topped it off, Barron said.
"Having Mum and Dad in the birdcage waiting for me to get back was pretty cool."
Though she has had only six drives, racing has already brought Barron a range of emotions and results.
Trotter Mass Invasion botched the start in the driver’s first race drive at Gore last month.
The horse then redeemed herself by running second at Invercargill, and got Barron thinking she may have even won the race, she said. Ironically, yesterday Barron thought she might have got pipped on the post by runner-up Sarah Burt.
But instead of disappointment, Barron was met with congratulations on her win from rival drivers Blair Orange and Robbie Holmes.
Somejoy’s win in her first start since May came in a hectic mile [1609m] race.
Barron eventually found the front on the 4yr-old after working hard and hung on to win in a slick 1.55.7 time.
Westwood Beach pacer Hopes And Dreams also opened her season’s account with a tough win yesterday.
The Graeme Anderson-trained mare worked hard in the first half of yesterday’s 2400m race to find the lead and then hand over to the $1.20 favourite, Tiger Thompson.
Hopes And Dreams then had the favourite in bother as she dived along the Wyndham passing lane to score a length victory in the hands of Dexter Dunn.
Dunn also had winning drives behind Boomer in race 3 for trainer Brian Norman, and War Machine in race 6 for Tony Stratford.
Emerging pacer Mr Kiwi took one step towards emulating the deeds of his older half-brother, Mr Mojito, when winning at Wyndham yesterday.
However, punters should not expect the Brett Grey-trained Mr Kiwi to take the same path Mr Mojito did when he went on to win his first six starts.
Educated by Gray, Mr Mojito starred during New Zealand Cup week after joining Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen’s Canterbury stable when he was sold to Victorian owners Merv and Meg Butterworth.
Mr Kiwi is no chance of appearing during New Zealand Cup week and neither is he likely to be sold.
Gray will take a Bart Cummings approach in using patience — something Cummings famously said was the cheapest, but least-used thing in racing — with his promising horse.
The 3yr-old, bred and part-owned by Ryal Bush breeders Ben and Karen Calder, will head to the spelling paddock to further develop after winning the only race on his agenda this time in.
"He has got a pretty big motor, but his brain has just got to catch up with his body yet," Gray said.
