The father and son combination of Robbie and Shannon Hill have been in good form of late and picked off a double at Greyville yesterday. Not so expected was Triple Fate Line in the second but Brandon Lerena rode a typically powerful finish to get the 25-2 chance home.

Moon In June, on the other hand, ran up to her 5-4 odds, putting five lengths between herself and the opposition.

Champion jockey Lyle Hewitson is way out of the title race, his defence scuppered by injury even before the start of the current season, but he continues to impress and riding a particularly good race on the filly Flichity By Farr for Alyson Wright in the Intelligent Solutions Pinnacle Stakes, giving Wright a double on the day.

Paul Peter was looking for a third victory of the weekend with the hotly fancied Fort Ember after Ring Of Fire on Friday and Rocky Night obliged under Hewitson.

But the wheels came off at the start as Fort Ember missed the break and apprentice Kabela Matsunyane rousted her up to get closer to the lead, going three wide in the process. It was too much too early and Fort Ember was a spent force early in the straight as Flichity By Farr and Our Coys joined battle with Hewitson extracting just that much more out of his filly.

By Andrew Harrison