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The combination of Rosehill trainer David Payne, apprentice jockey Deanne Panya and Foreign Prince completed their second win in succession after leading throughout in the second event at Rosehill.

Payne gave Panya instructions to roll forward and not worry if the small field tried to keep her wide and then put the hammer down with 800m to run.

Panya followed them from the outset and she did not fuss when Sebrina and Kerrin McEvoy and Beyond Thankful tried to do exactly what Payne said they would by keeping Foreign Prince three wide as they rolled to the back straight.

The apprentice’s patience paid off and she as able to lead into the back and then with 1000m to run cross to the rails. There Panya stayed with Foreign Prince and while she waited for the 600m before she increased the pace that too worked.

They had a 2L lead entering the main straight and then sticking hard against the rails Foreign Prince high tailed it to the line and the rest had no answer.

The $2.00 favourite Sebrina remained in second with Loophole third, the margin 1L. Jiayuguan as fourth and Beyond Thankful fifth.

The time was 2.04.91 on the Soft 7 track with the final 600m in 37.02. Foreign Prince paid $4.40 on fixed odds and $5.10 on the tote.

“She did exactly what I told her which is very good,” said Payne.

“I told her that they know you are going to go to the front so you sit there for the first couple of furlongs (400m) and stay off the fence and from the 800m step it up a bit because it is a tactical race.

“We will look for something with a light weight, one of the country cups or interstate. He has been a good little horse though,” he said.

“He is a nice genuine horse, he tries hard and I stuck to the fence because I walked the track before the first and I did not want to get off it,” said Panya.