AFTER 33 fences and 5,500 metres in the $350,000 Grand Annual Steeplechase, only a bob of the head could separate the German-bred Instigator and Hit The Road Jack.

With the field of nine racing within range of each other for the majority of the race, it wasn’t until the Tozer Road double, where the horses descend into the double and switch from racing left-handed to right-handed, that the race lit up.