THE former Eve Johnson Houghton-trained Spillway, who had his first start for new co-trainers David Hayes and Tom Dabernig a year ago, won Saturday’s Group 1 Australian Cup in a photo finish with his stablemate Extra Zero.

Ridden by Michael Walker, the Rail Link entire had his run timed to perfection by Walker to see off his Danzero stablemate by a nose with the Good Journey gelding Happy Trials third. “He’s got a really good 250 metres dash so I had to time it, but I had to push the button a bit earlier than I wanted to but everything stopped and I was going that easy,” said Walker.