FORMER Sydney champion jockey John Marshall continued his excellent season with a 105-1 double that took him into double figures for the campaign and third place in the championship.
Marshall was understandably delighted with the performance of Champman River (7-2 favourite) in winning the featured Peninsula Golden Jubilee Challenge Cup and did himself and retaining trainer John Moore a favour when 30-1 chance Easy Beat obliged late in the programme.
Champman River's excellent performance confirmed that he was not done with winning. He was coming back in distance, drawn wide and had top weight, but none of it mattered.
Marshall pushed the Brian Kan Ping-chee galloper into the race from the outside draw, worked hard on straightening to get him going, and then Champman River really did the rest. ''He quickened very well and he is a good horse. I was delighted with his performance. One of these days, he is going to get a good alley and have no trouble at all in the run and he'll annihilate them.
''I have been very bullish about this horse since he went to Brian Kan, who has done a good job with him. When he won so well over 1,400 metres, he was just about dead right for that race so there wasn't a lot that had to be done with him since then.
''And Brian just kept him ticking over nicely. He was ready to run a big race and I knew I had them soon after we straightened,'' added Marshall, whose tally for the season is now 11.