Racing worlds collided and then couldn't be separated in the $100,000 Queen Of Hearts at Alexandra Park tonight.
Auckland's first group one pacing race of the season saw a rare top level deadheat, with favourite Partyon hitting the line locked together with outsider Jo's Dream. But it wasn't just on the tote that the pair were poles apart.
Partyon is a towering multiple group one winner trained by the most powerful harness racing stable in Australasia and driven by co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen.
Jo's Dream is a pony by comparison, with no flashy breeding and is trained by 31-year-old part timer Amanda Kiddie, whose day job is as a farrier, not an employment sector with too many female members.
The win was Kiddie's first ever group one, as it was for young driver Andre Poutama.