P remiership frontrunner Blake Shinn couldn't restrain fierce favourite Grand Commander while 3kg claimer Daniel Edmonds had trouble stopping Rednrich.
Both sprinters compounded after being involved in a charge for the lead in the Woolworths The Fresh Food People Handicap at Rosehill yesterday and stewards asked questions of both riders.
"Certainly plenty of pace early," chief stipe Ray Murrihy said.
Edmonds was first to explain his instructions were to settle third on the rail.
"My mount started quite tardily, I dug him up and he tended to over-race," Edmonds said.
Shinn explained aggression was part of the plan on Gai Waterhouse's Grand Commander because the team "felt there was only one other leader, Hadaaf" and they wanted to "show our hand".
"My horse wouldn't restrain," Shinn said. "I just couldn't come back."
Both admitted they went too quick but as Edmonds said, "I tried to come back … what can I do," and Shinn added "it was 150m after the start" when he tried to restrain.
Murrihy pointed out the film showed exactly what both riders had reported and stewards ordered Grand Commander to barrier trial to their satisfaction before racing again.
Lavished with praise SOUTH Coast horseman Bede Murray was confident without being cocky about home-bred Lavished defrocking Gai Waterhouse's hot-pot Academy Magic at Rosehill.
"It didn't really surprise me," Murray said after the short-head victory.
"It is hard to place these fillies when you have to take on the bigger, tougher colts."
Murray hasn't dismissed Lavished, which is by the trainer's former tearaway Queensland Derby winner Half Hennessy, developing into and Oaks type.
"She is from a good family, the sire took a bit of time to come good," Murray said. "There is plenty of strength in the dam's family, too."
Both Lavished and Academy Magic raced greenly. Waterhouse's pilot Nash Rawiller said "he has ability, he'll make a nice stayer" and added "he is still green".
Lavished jockey Glyn Schofield was impressed with his filly.
"She does lots of things wrong but has speed," Schofield said.
"She gets all tense, nervous before the race but puts herself into the race, she races genuinely in the bunch but gets lost when in the clear."
Nash gets the cash NASH RAWILLER'S association with trainer Chris Waller again proved a success when UK import Big Al Hazim strolled home in the second event. Rawiller, who is second to Blake Shinn on the Sydney premiership, has been a regular in the winner's stall on Waller horses over the past month.
"He is a great asset to the stable, strong in a finish and shows initiative," Waller said.
Big Al Hazim was a surprise early leader then took a sit before easily staving off Lodge The Deeds and Brave Lancer in the straight. "They weren't going that hard early so I decided to go forward, we wouldn't have had much hope going back," Rawiller said.
This one's for you, baby HAVING already cheated death Our Jetsetter returned to the winner's circle and trainer Oliver Koolman declared it "baby luck".
The Warwick Farm-based Koolman and wife Karen had their first child on July 3, with daughter Riaan doing as well as Our Jetsetter.
Earlier in her career Our Jetsetter was struck just below the eye by a flying horseshoe.
"We thought we were going to lose her but five weeks later she came out and won a race," Koolman said. "She is tough."
Tough enough to win another couple of races if Koolman is correct.
The victory was due to yet another fine display of navigation by form jockey Rodney Quinn.
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