An oldie but a goodie - when a top class racehorse can't win, it finds a way to win.
For that read Scott Base, winner by a lip of Saturday's Wellington Guineas at Trentham.
Be honest, if you backed Scott Base you didn't think you'd won, even as they flashed across the finish line.
Right on the line rider Vinnie Colgan wasn't sure either, but he wasn't worried - he knew if he finished second he would get the race in the inquiry room. Second-placed Paulownia, on the outside of the two, lay in on top of Scott Base for 300m of the home straight, the pair finishing three to four horse widths closer to the inside rail than where they were at the 300m. Paulownia's rider Michael McNab was fined $500 and suspended for 12 racedays for causing the interference.
"All I had to worry about was making sure I beat those horses just inside me (Great Southern, Czechoslovakia, Swisswatch)," said Colgan. "I wasn't certain we'd won, but I knew it was very close." It was a terrific effort by Scott Base, who was racing at 1400m when he had undergone a 2400m preparation for the Derby, which, as has been well documented, was aborted because of a bruised heel. The slight effect of that showed when Scott Base raced flat footed for several strides at the 370m when asked to sprint by Colgan.