A Tad More, the $1.95 favourite ridden by Anthony Darmanin, appeared to have held on for a narrow win over $15 first-starter Ravage ridden by Jason Maskiell.

However the photo-finish showed otherwise, with the Tegan Keys-trained Ravage getting the verdict by a nose.

“I don’t believe it – how have I not won?” said Darmanin as he headed to the stewards’ room to view the official photo.

Maskiell was a little more coy but when asked if he thought Ravage had won he grinned and said “no”.

The jockey was, however, impressed with Ravage’s performance.

“He’s still green and did a bit wrong,” Maskiell said.

“He was tiring a bit at the finish and started to wander so it was a good effort.”

CRESSY trainer Cameron Thompson was surprised to see Fontein Ali lead in the Maiden Plate (1400m) – and delighted that the change of tactics produced a change of luck.

The six-year-old mare defied the opposition to run her down, scoring in a three-way photo-finish from Zipponet and Posh Pursuit.

It was Fontein Ali’s 10^th start since joining the Thompson stable from Victoria and she’s never finished further back than fifth.

“I think this is the first time since we’ve had her that she’s drawn a decent gate so I asked Siggy (Carr) to be positive,” the trainer said.

“I would have been happy if she’d been able to settle in the first half of field so it was a bit of a shock to see her in front.”

Thompson said the mare may also have benefited from a change of training routine.

“We took her to the beach and swam her for the first time,” he said.

“I don’t know whether she can win too many more races but she’ll be competitive in whatever she runs in and is probably more a miler.”

FIVEANDFURTHER showed that her upset maiden win a fortnight earlier was no fluke with a fast-finishing victory in the Class 1 Handicap (1200m).

In her wake were two very promising three-year-olds, Appraise (third) and Kwai (fourth), who punters thought had a mortgage on the race.

They shared the lead around the turn but Fiveandfurther swamped them in the straight and Border Protection also finished well to grab second.

Winning jockey Ryan Bishop predicted the Stephen Lockhart-trained mare would win more races.

“She's a lovely type and won like a nice horse,” Bishop said.

“I’d like to see her over further because I think she’ll get 1600m-plus.”

Despite her last-start win, Fiveandfurther blew from, $19 to $41 in the Ubet fixed-odds market.