Volks Lightning defeats Indecision (red hood) at Rotorua yesterday. Photo / Trish Dunell
A desperate finish to the group three Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) at Rotorua was decided by the photo-finish camera in favour of underrated mare Volks Lightning.
The Team Rogerson trained six-year-old claimed her fifth career win when she led all the way to defeat Indecision by the barest of margins in
the group three feature.
It was her first victory in stakes company although she does boast four black-type placings including a third in the Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie last season.
Rider Jake Bayliss, who had guided the mare to a comfortable trial win at Taupo earlier in the month, was full of smiles when asked to comment on the performance.
"She was really in a happy zone," he said.
"The plan wasn't to lead but she jumped away quick and put herself there.
