Steven Burridge's World Record (Sivan) won the $35,000 Maiden (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday, not once but twice, when he had to overcome a protest when Ronnie Stewart on Lim's Esteem (2nd) believed the race should have been his.

The stewards didn't agree though and quickly dismissed the objection.



Sivan (inside) gets the upper hand in the first of the day at Kranji

World Record led the field throughout the six-furlong event with Lim's Esteem camping a half horse behind him on the rails, with Power Play (Andrew Calder) and Sky Saviour (M Zaki) keeping in close contention until the final stages.

Sivan went for home on World Record at the 300m and as he did Stewart switched from the rails to the outside of the leader when he believed there wasn't enough room on the fence.

World Record knuckled down to the task at hand and scored a neck victory from Lim's Esteem with On The Line (Matthew Kellady) running home strongly for third, a further three quarters of a length away.

"I did expect him to run well," said Burridge.

"He's had a lot of porblems with his feet and the vets have been doing a good job on him.

"He's no superstar but if we can keep finding the right races for him, he'll go OK."