Chart Topper ends Bittersweet's perfect record with a breakthrough performance at Riverina Paceway.
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00:00Ball's been solid, 6.50 for Day 2.
00:04It's the New South Wales Standard Bread Owners Association pace and they're almost set to
00:09go.
00:1017.40 is the journey, favourite bittersweet.
00:14And away they go.
00:15So the green light ease back there was Cheese early on.
00:19And the first one away is Payroll who looks to lead.
00:21Now Chart Topper sent forward from out wide and Nathan Jack, he wants the front with Chart
00:26Topper and he's going to get it.
00:27Payroll hands up.
00:29They've raced away there from Thomas Royle who's back in third and out deep there is
00:32Wild Bull who's on the move three wide from Day 2 in the centre.
00:36Over on the inside is Jekka Myers and then did she do it?
00:38Further back is the undefeated bittersweet.
00:41That's the Short Prize favourite second last staying away from the pegs and Cheese went
00:44back to last.
00:45Into the straight, we've got a new leader, Wild Bull sailed around the outside and took
00:49over.
00:50Lead time 8.5 in a 27.8 first quarter.
00:53And it is Wild Bull for Cameron Maggs by four over Chart Topper, Payroll and further back
00:58in the field then to Thomas Royle, the first four all on the pegs.
01:03First without cover there is Day 2, Jekka Myers behind those with also did she do it
01:07who is 1-1 but back third last, tracked up in turn by Bittersweet and Cheese is back
01:12in last.
01:13So they race up towards the 8.50 now.
01:15And it is Wild Bull, first one to the far side over Chart Topper who tracks it, further
01:20back in the field, Payroll, plenty of room for it to get away from the inside if it wants
01:24to.
01:25Day 2 followed by Day 2, so these ones in the running line are staying well away from
01:28the leaders.
01:29Next on the inside is Thomas Royle, then did she do it, Jekka Myers.
01:33Now Bittersweet, the odds on favourite still second last and four metres away, Cheese back
01:36in last.
01:37The second quarter was 29.5, 500 metres left to go, they work off the back straight.
01:43Wild Bull for Maggs by about four, Chart Topper follows it, then Day 2 followed by Payroll,
01:48did she do it?
01:49Bittersweet's out wide, next on the inside is Thomas Royle, Jekka Myers further back
01:52and Cheese last.
01:53So Bittersweet is about 15 off the lead, that's it moving around the outside three deep.
01:58First into the straight though, Wild Bull, Chart Topper comes to the outside, Payroll
02:01takes the spot and goes back to the sprint lane, then Day 2 and down the outside, Bittersweet
02:06winding up, it's Chart Topper, Payroll getting up on the inside and Bittersweet's coming
02:10home fast now.
02:11It is Chart Topper in front, Bittersweet's is going to lunge, Chart Topper, Chart Topper
02:16has beaten Bittersweet, followed then close up there by Wild Bull and Day 2 and Payroll,
02:21further back then Thomas Royle, Jekka Myers, Cheese and did she do it?
02:25Back towards the end of the field and the irony there, it has gone round in the last
02:30two starts at 1.05 and 1.12 and then it comes along and beats the odds on favourite at around,
02:38well fixed odds out to about $9.50, number 8 is the winner.