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Siggy Carr was expecting good things from Coronation Veronic when she first started racing but her trackwork and trial form could not be reproduced in races.

In Brief

• Chriropractor helps Coronation Veronic to find form.
• Mare digs deep to get best result.
• Former Queenslander could be great addition to Carr stable.

But some intense chiropractic work and some added attention given to her shoeing from farrier Paul Pearce had the four-year-old Choisir mare primed for a bold showing in Hobart on Saturday, and she never let her connections down.

With Carr in the saddle, Coronation Veronic enjoyed a charmed run in fourth spot to the home turn where Carr called on the four-year-old for the big effort.

But no sooner was she being hailed the winner that the heavily backed Scardimalia ($51 into $6) from the Drew Tyson stable emerged from the pack and looked set to win, but Carr's mare thought otherwise and refused to wilt.

Under strong riding from both riders, the pair hit the line almost in sync with Coronation Veronic gaining the judges nod by a nose.

"We had some issues with this mare, and it wasn't until we had the chiropractor sort her out and the farrier also did a great job to get her back to where we thought we had her last prep," Carr said.

"We have always believed she had good ability and just had to get her right.

"She was tough today because the runner-up came at her and headed her clearly, but my mare refused to give in and that is a great sign."

Carr made it a riding and training double when her former Queensland mare Day Performer stormed home to win a 0-62 handicap over 1200m.

Day Performer settled midfield and made gradual ground to the home turn and when Carr asked for the big effort she dug deep and ran home powerfully to win clearly from Geegee Lucky Jess with the well-backed favourite Nicco the Greek third.

"I got a text message from this guy on the Gold Coast who said he had a horse he wanted to send to me, but I was a bit apprehensive about taking it seriously, so I had our racing manager Tanya Coward follow it up and it turned out to be quite legitimate.

"He came down and had a look at our set-up and liked what he saw so he sent the mare to us.

"Her first start for us was at Devonport in a class three and while she finished seventh of eight, she was only four lengths from the winner (Jaguar Stone) that is a particularly good horse.

"I am so pleased she has won for the new owner and I'm sure there are more to come because she has improvement in her."