Wollongong galloper Rolling Pin survived a protest to claim the Group 2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon.
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The five-year-old heavily bumped frontrunner Offenders about 50m from home en route to a narrow win, but stewards determined the contact didn't affect the outcome of the race and jockey Kerrin McEvoy's protest was dismissed.
Rolling Pin appeared to have just stuck his head in front of Offenders before shifting in underneath jockey Corey Brown and causing the incident.
It was the second straight Saturday Brown had been on the wrong end of a Sydney protest, but this time the talented jockey held onto his win.
Seven days ago Jim Cassidy successfully argued Norzita had cost his mount Longport a victory in the Tea Rose Stakes.
“We did brush, probably shifted in a horse but I was always going to hold him,” Brown said.
“He actually hung in pretty much the whole race, he's got a bit of a habit for it.
“He sat outside the leader today, he was very warmed up and aggressive but he did the job.
“Obviously he's coming off a good win up there at Newcastle in the Cameron, he dictated and did what he wanted.”
It was Rolling Pin's second career Group win and his second in as many starts after claiming the Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle earlier this month.
Behind the bruising duel between Rolling Pin and Offenders, odds-on favourite Fat Al could only manage a flat third.
The Gai Waterhouse four-year-old settled behind the speed on the fence and darted up the inside rounding the bend, but was unable to reel in the top two.
