Guess what? Stewards have upheld their own protest! Isn't that a surprise! It was Racing NSW's chief steward Ray Murrihy who performed the inevitable. He lodged and then upheld a minor protest on behalf of Mangaroa Flyer following the Sirecam Handicap (1900m) at Canterbury. The race was won by Tigress Lily but $2.15 fav Mangaroa Flyer with Hugh Bowman aboard was knocked out of contention on the home turn. Stewards claimed the interference cost Mangaroa Flyer between three and four lengths. The m

Guess what? Stewards have upheld their own protest! Isn't that a surprise! It was Racing NSW's chief steward Ray Murrihy who performed the inevitable. He lodged and then upheld a minor protest on behalf of Mangaroa Flyer following the Sirecam Handicap (1900m) at Canterbury. The race was won by Tigress Lily but $2.15 fav Mangaroa Flyer with Hugh Bowman aboard was knocked out of contention on the home turn. Stewards claimed the interference cost Mangaroa Flyer between three and four lengths. The margin between Bielski and Mangaroa Flyer on the line was 1.5 lengths. Murrihy says he had only lodged a protest "eight or 10 times" in his 40-year career - and didn't say whether he had won them all. In the end, Mangaroa Flyer only managed to get 5th instead of 6th.

Big hits and misses at Canterbury and Sandown on Saturday (TAB Sportsbet stats)

CANTERBURY

Race Two
Beune ($14-$8.50) UNPLACED

Race Three
Fontelina ($12-$9) ($1,100 at $9.50) WON
Said Com ($2.90-$1.75) $5,000 at $2.10, $5,000 at $1.95, $10,000 at $1.90, $10,000 at $1.85, $5,000 at $1.75. SECOND

Race Four
Al's Magic Miss ($4-$2.80) $5,000 at $3, $5,000 at $2.80. WON

Race Six
Radar ($8.50-$4.40) $5,000 at $5.50. SECOND
Race Eight
Befert ($6-$3) $5,000 at $3.80, $8,000 at $3.40.

SANDOWN

Race One
Go Katrina ($7.50 - $5.50) $3500 at $5.50. WON

Race Two
Tanah Lot ($9-$4.60) $4,000 at $5. SECOND

Race Four
The Good Wife ($10-$4.80) $4,000 at $5, $5,000 at $4.80. THIRD

Race Seven
Instalment ($4.40-$3.70) $5,000 at $4. UNPLACED