Annecy ($3.40 favourite), trained by Bathurst’s Don and Andrew Ryan, produced a spectacular dash over the final 100 metres of the Central West Electrical Class 1 Handicap (1300m) to sweep home to victory down the outside.

Following a lengthy wait for the photo finish Annecy, ridden by Greg Ryan, was declared the winner by a nose over Zardabba ($9).

It’s the second win in the last three starts for the promising three-year-old Sebring filly.

The wait for a result was a nervous one for co-owner Stephen Ryan.

“I thought she got it, only because it was very a deceptive angle. We were standing slightly in front of the post, so I allowed for about a neck advantage because of that angle,” he said.

“Then I started to think that I might have gone the crow a little early the longer the wait went on.”

Zardabba got out strongly to take up the running while Dark Diamond worked her way to the outside of the leader.

A trio of chasers sat a length off the front runners at the 600m mark, consisting of Stormy Benz, Griffin’s Gaze and Fairy Shadow.

At that stage Annecy was sitting four lengths off the pace in ninth.

When the field straightened for home Zardabba battled on strongly along the rail. 

Stormy Benz was able to match the pace, making it look like a battle for two with 100m left to run.

However, like a flick of the switch Ryan found another gear on board Annecy.

Actually, it was more like several gears.

In a perfectly timed dash home down the outside Annecy snatched the win in an eye-catching sprint.

Stormy Benz ($9) took third place a length and a half behind Zardabba.

Stephen Ryan said his filly has been in fine touch over the past three starts, building off her breakthrough win.

“She won at Dubbo then ran a terrific race with no luck, getting caught from a wide barrier racing over the mile for the first time at Mudgee,” he said.

“The horses that beat her have both come out and won good races, including Vega who won in town yesterday at Canterbury. We were confident then that if she freshened up enough and was brought back in distance that she would go very well.

“Dad [Don] and Andy had shortened the work up and kept her nice and fresh. When Greg came back today he said what a good job they’d done with her, because she was nice and bouncy on her way to the barriers.

“She got caught a little wide from [barrier] 11, and Greg showed good judgement not to go around them and to just wait for her to straighten.”