A horse with a bad reputation, Avoid Me, landed a major prize when convincingly taking the $50,000 Showcase Picnic Championship over 1400 metres at the Dubbo Gold Cup meeting recently.

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Trained by Muswellbrook trainer-jockey team Julia Presits and Leandro Ribiero, Avoid Me landed in the Presits stable as a tried horse after 42 starts and three previous trainers last December.

After the galloper changed ownership following a deal of $1000 that was struck with its previous Newcastle conditioner, Presits and Ribeiro have been rewarded handsomely since.

"She bucked when coming out of the barriers

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