Relishing the rain affected track, the Paul Theobald trained Tiger's Story prevailed in the Bligh Picnic Cup at Mudgee on Friday after an epic length of the straight battle with Shadow Affair.
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Stride for stride over the final 450 metres, Tiger's Story ($5), ridden by Alan Barton and carrying a 7.5kg handicap advantage, eventually edged out the Gayna Williams trained Shadow Affair (Kath Bell-Pitomac, $1.70) by a short neck while more than six lengths behind in third was Samikosho ($4.20).
The Bathurst-based Tiger’s Story has now scored five wins from 45 starts with Friday’s victory being his first since back-to-back wins midway through 2015.
Barton finished with a double in the saddle after earlier riding Whispadah ($2.90) to victory for Narromine-based trainer Wayne Collison in the Mudgee Machinery Class 2 Handicap (900m).
