The four-year-old son of Snitzel was having his 13th start in the $20,000 Freight Specialists Maiden Handicap (1200m) and jumped well from barrier one for Alison Threadwell to lead all the way.

Trained by Leon Davies at Tamworth the gelding held on to beat Peter Mills’ Mistress Rose by a half neck with the Sandra McCormack-trained Wally a length and a quarter away third.

Mel Dennett, Leon Davies’ partner, was in charge today and she admitted Schindler had been a frustrating project.

“He had such a soft run today,” Mel Dennett said.

“He wanted to wait for them again. Alison rode him a treat but even so he wanted to wait for the rest of them.”

She said Schindler had overcome feet issues to post his maiden success.

ROBERT Thompson completed a double when he partnered Pindara home in the JR Richards Class 1 Handicap (1400m).

The renowned hoop saluted earlier in the program with hometown sprinter De La Hoya and enjoyed a similar run with Pindara ($3.60fav), who downed a game Bullet Kid by three quarters of a length.

ARISTOGRATS might have earned a crack at a Highway Handicap after producing an amazing finish to win the Advanced Inland Security Benchmark 55 Handicap (1000m) at Tamworth.

The Greg Bennett-trained gelding was trailing the field by six lengths approaching the turn after knuckling over at the start but unleashed a memorable finish to down Larlabrook by a half head.