Luckygray salvages WA pride by winning Carlton Draught Railway Stakes Luckygray jockey Shaun O'Donnell wins the Carlton Draught Railway Stakes. Picture Graeme Collopy Source: News Corp Australia TOPWEIGHT Luckygray salvaged local pride after stunning a highly-rated interstate invasion to win the $1 million Carlton Draught Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot's Super Saturday. Lumping 58kg, the Trevor Andrews-trained grey roared home in front of more than 17,000 racegoers to claim the race he first won on protest two years ago. The triumph for WA racing came after local star Barakey suffered his first defeat on home soil, failing to defend his crown in the $500,000 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) after a tumultuous 12 months in which the sprinter's career was threatened by a knee injury. Written off after several underwhelming Melbourne campaigns, Luckygray was ridden superbly by Shaun O'Donnell, with a trademark finish down the outside to eclipse Platinum Rocker and Fire Up Fifi. "As soon as Shaun produced him to the outside, I thought 'wow, look out'," Andrews said. This horse is just a gun and 58kg is like a feather on his back. He's only a little tacker but he's got a heart as big as what he is. Damien Oliver came up empty handed on return to his hometown as the triple Melbourne Cup-winning jockey's hoodoo in WA's richest race continued. Seeking to emulate his late brother Jason, whose career highlight came when he rode Medicine Kid to victory in the 1990 Railway Stakes, Oliver's mount Mutual Trust finished ninth. Jason Oliver died in a barrier trial fall in 2002 in the week before Damien Oliver famously won his second Melbourne Cup aboard Media Puzzle. Perth Cup winner Talent Show, part-owned by Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne and trained by his father Graeme, finished 11th. In a major controversy before the main race, Ranger was withdrawn from the Railway by stewards for receiving treatment on race day after being administered a substance orally. In the Winterbottom, Queensland champion Buffering continued his emergence from the shadow of Black Caviar and Hay List to confirm his standing as Australia's premier sprinter with a third straight Group 1 triumph. It was a gut-wrenching second for the celebrated partnership of Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen, with Buffering holding off Moment of Change by a nose. Moody came to Perth searching for his first Group 1 success since the retirement of unbeaten Black Caviar following a lean spring carnival in Melbourne. The much-hyped match race between the Jim Taylor-trained Barakey and Buffering failed to go the distance, with Barakey fading badly to finish ninth after the glamour pair had led the stellar field into the straight. Buffering trainer Robert Heathcote was apologetic after the defeat of the crowd favourite. "The hospitality you've shown me has been quite outstanding and it's certainly a privilege for us to be here and win such a time-honoured race," Heathcote said. I'm sorry we knocked off your little champ over here, but maybe you'll have to send him up to Brisbane to our winter carnival. Visiting Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte picked up the ride on Grand Nirvana for Fred Kersley in the Railway, with local jockey Paul Harvey ill and unable to fulfil his book of rides. Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Gai Waterhouse found no joy at Ascot's big day, with sole runner Vitello finishing well back in the $400,000 WA Guineas (1600m). Kersley-trained Ihtsahymn flew home to defeat leader Miss Rose De Lago and Saint Bro in the Group 2 feature. Fremantle great Peter Bell's promising gelding Sujet, ridden by Whyte, jumped as favourite in his first start in the Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) and ran a brave second to Petrol Power. Whyte saluted on Black Tycoon in the Tattersall's Cup (2100m).