Lisa Allpress breathed life into the New Zealand jockeys' premiership with a stunning four-win haul at Waverley yesterday.
Michael McNab started yesterday with a 104-91 lead in the premiership, a comfortable 13 clear with eight weeks of the season to go.
But he went winless at the Waverley meeting transferred from Whanganui while Allpress won four races including both listed features and the open sprint.
She combined with trainer Allan Sharrock to snare the Castletown Stakes on juvenile filly Sophmaze and the open sprint with Darci La Bella before the friends became foes as Allpress rode Amusez Moi to down the Sharrock-trained Justaskme in the $60,000 weight-for-age 1600m.
With the margin down to nine, it would only take another day like Saturday before the race is on.