Le Romain has beaten Chautauqua in a dramatic finish to win the $500,000 Group 1 Canterbury Stakes at a wet Randwick.
The Kris Lees-trained four-year-old gelding was taken to the outside by Glyn Schofield before edging out Chautauqua in a photo finish.
The John O’Shea trained Hauraki finished third.
Le Romain jumped as the $4.60 second favourite at CrownBet behind Chautauqua and the pair fought out the finish with Le Romain scoring the win on a photo decision.
Results:
Le Romain wins the G1 Canterbury Stakes from Chautauqua in second with Hauraki in third and Impending fourth.
— Just Horse Racing (@justhorseracing) March 4, 2017
Replay:
What a race! Le Romain edges out Chautauqua to win the Group 1 Canterbury BMW Stakes at @royalrandwick. https://t.co/nNjnoNYPbh
— 7HorseRacing ? (@7horseracing) March 4, 2017