LOCALLY-trained horses dominated the track at the Maranoa Diggers Races on Saturday.

The day started off well with local horses taking out the top three spots in the first race of the day, the NJ Contracting Class 4 Handicap.

Ben Waldron's Fifth Leg was first past the post, followed by Renae Benfer's First Option and Craig Smith's Meghani.

Smith's horses then seemed to be on a winning streak for the rest of the day, running in the top four in all four races he entered.

Smith's horse Degenda was the only local to place in the big race of the day, the Booringa Cup, coming in fourth after Toowoomba's Seventh Heart, Charleville's Team Thunderstone and Augathella's Lucky Duke.

But despite this, local horses had a great day in the other races.

Scott Rodgers' Botanical Belle came third in the Samios Trading Post Class B Handicap and his horse Boying took home fourth in the Customers ATM Class 3 Handicap.

Barry Richardson's Vintage Flute came second in the same race.

The Maranoa Diggers Races is a big event on the Mitchell calendar, with the winner of the Booringa Cup taking home $5200 worth of prize money.

Results

Race 1. 800m NJ Contracting Class 4 Handicap

1st - Fifth Leg trained by Ben Waldron.

2nd - First Option trained by Renae Benfer.

3rd - Meghani trained by Craig Smith.

4th - Spartaneous trained by Gary Teal

Race 2. 1000m Samios Trading Post Class B Handicap

1st - Craiglea Mustang, trained by Peter Flemming

2nd - Apache Cloud, trained by Donald Baker

3rd - Botanical Belle trained by Scott Rodgers.

4th - Dashingly trained by Craig Smith

Race 3. 1200m Cutsomers ATM Class 3 Handicap

1st - Thegreatandthegood, trained by Donald Baker

2nd - Vintage Flint, trained by Barry Richardson

3rd - Honoured trained by Craig Smith

4th - Boying trained by Scott Rodgers.

Race 4. 1200m Ray White Rural Rome QTIS Maiden Plate

1st - Silver Flute, trained by Barry Richardson.

2nd - Craiglea Encore, trained by Trevor Miller.

3rd - Aside trained by Jeff Dixon.

4th - Rapid Jet Spur trained by Donald Baker.

Race 5. 1400m Booringa Cup Open Handicap

1st - Seventh Heart trained by Donald Baker

2nd - Team Thunderstone, trained by John R Patterson

3rd - Lucky Duke, trained by Raymond Frazer

4th - Degenda, trained by Craig Smith