She now looks likely to earn them another $42,000 without leaving her box.

Miss It And A Bit was runner-up to Admiral in the $100,000 George Adams at Mowbray on February 24.

If, as his owners expect, Admiral is disqualified from that race due to a positive swab, Miss It And A Bit will be the major beneficiary.

She will be promoted to first place, Rose Of Innocence to second and Powercharged to third.

The difference between first and second prizemoney is $42,000.

It would be the final postscript to a dramatic race that also featured a longshot plunge and a protest.

Admiral, the $1.40 favourite, beat Miss It And A Bit, who had been backed from $201 to $51, by only a half neck.

Miss It And A Bit’s rider Sherry Barr then unsuccessfully lodged an objection for interference in the closing stages, telling stewards that she had been almost unseated when Admiral bumped her mount.

The protest was dismissed because Miss It And A Bit also shifted out slightly, contributing to the contact, and Admiral had all the momentum.

Barr is now waiting on another decision from the stewards to see if she is awarded the biggest win of her career.

TASMANIAN bred stallion Mongolian Khan has been retired.

His owner, Chinese businessman Lang Lin, intends standing the stayer at stud in New Zealand.

Bred by Graeme McCulloch at Whitemore, Mongolian Khan won eight of his 17 starts and more than $3.9 million.

He was a three-time group 1 winner of the New Zealand Derby, ATC Australian Derby and Caulfield Cup.

Trainer Murray Baker said that Mongolian Khan’s efforts during the Sydney autumn carnival showed he had lost interest in racing.

GARETH Rattray drove five winners last weekend – three in Launceston and two in Hobart – but is still not making much impression on Mark Yole on the premiership table.

When Rattray returned from a long injury layoff in March, he was 27 wins behind Yole. He has driven 18 winners since but, such is Yole’s good form, he is still 25 wins ahead.

Yole (57 wins) and Ricky Duggan (52) should fight out the title but Rohan Hillier is also on a roll and within striking distance on 41.

Taylor Ford, who leads the junior drivers’ premiership by just two wins from Matthew Howlett, returns to the sulky on Sunday week after a 12-meeting suspension.

TRAINER Mark Ganderton will have his appeal against an 18-month positive swab disqualification heard on May 20.

Ganderton did not seek a stay of proceedings and has been sidelined since January.