However, the fact brother and leading jockey Mathew Cahill wasn’t the one riding for the Cowra trainer made it that bit less of a family affair.

Eleanor Webster-Hawes produced a fine stand-in performance at Dubbo Turf Club, with Mathew Cahill currently sidelined after undergoing surgery on his hand following a fall at Wellington last week.

Owned by Kathryn and her mother Margaret, Dictation produced a commanding run after getting out well from wide in barrier 12.

“It’s very exciting and it’s the first horse mum and I have bred so that makes it all the more special,” the winning trainer said.

“Eleanor did a wonderful job on her. Obviously it’s a shame because Mathew has done so much work but he’d be delighted to see Eleanor win on her, for sure.”

Webster-Hawes had a challenge getting across from the second-widest gate and while Dictation ($9.50) was one of the last out, she quickly moved up to settle second behind Whisper Delovely ($10, Chad Lever).

Sorry I’m Awesome (James Rogers, $71) began to threaten around the outside as the field approached the 600.

Dictation entered the straight in the middle of the track and she soon moved into the lead.

She kicked well clear over the final 200m to win by two-and-a-half lengths from Brett Thompson’s Sorry I’m Awesome and the John Ramsey-trained Sure Shot Sheza (Anthony Cavallo, $31).

“She’s been a slow maturer,” Cahill said.

“She’s by a horse called Duke Of Marmalade who’s a staying sire and he had one of the favourites for the Melbourne Cup last year so we’ve given her plenty of time for that reason and we’re hoping she’ll run a journey and get over further.

“It was encouraging to see her do that today. When she’s fully fit she’ll be looking for a bit further than the 1300 but she was second-up with a couple weeks between runs.

“The form out of last start (at Dubbo) was good, Gayna Williams’ horse ran third and went on to win at Wellington so it’s all been very encouraging.”

The win came in the seventh start of Dictation’s career.