Luckygray sets weight-carrying record en route to Railway Stakes romp Jockey Shaun O'Donnell salutes as Perth favourite Luckygray wins his second Railway Stakes. LOCAL hero Luckygray set a modern day weight-carrying record when he lumped 58kg to his second victory in the Group 1 $1m Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot. In a stunning return to form the six-year-old ($20), who was having just his second start for trainer Trevor Andrews, produced a late rush to down another local Platinum Rocker ($26) and Rob Heathcote's Fire Up Fifi ($9). Luckygray was a controversial winner in the stewards room in the 2011 Railway and was runner-up in the race last year but he took all the honours yesterday. Andrews, who won the Railway in 2004 with Modem, said he was on a "hiding to nothing" when he was given Luckygray to train after a failed spring in Melbourne with Robert Smerdon. Fittingly, the first person to congratulate Andrews was the gelding's former trainer Gino Poletti. "Gino is one of my best mates and he has been nothing but supportive with me having Luckygray," Andrews said. I'm over the moon to get a result with him. I thought the Kingston Town in two weeks was his race but this horse is just a gun and 58kg is just a feather on his back. Shaun O'Donnell gives Luckygray a well-earned pat after the old warrior's remarkable late charge to clinch Perth's premier race. Picture: Theo Fakas Source: News Corp Australia Luckygray became only the second horse to win the Railway more than once and he smashed the modern day weight-carrying record held by Sniper's Bullet when he carried 56.5kg in 2009. Andrews has only had Luckygray for about six weeks and the horse has certainly appreciated being back in Perth. His regular jockey Shaun O'Donnell said the Luckygray that stepped off the plane from Melbourne was a shadow of the horse that left. "He looked shocking when he came back from Melbourrne but he showed he's back," O'Donnell said. He switched right off today and I just kept pinching runs. I saw Playing God really running into it, so I got in behind him and when he got balanced he just gunned it. Andrews said he was tempted to send Luckygray to the paddock when he arrived but he improved so quickly he's obviously glad he didn't. Shaun O'Donnell shows his emotions as he returns to scale. "If we succeeded well it was good luck to you and if you failed, well, the horse was tired and you should have spelled him," he said. Without being negative I thought they rode him too positive and he was over racing in Melbourne. Blind Freddy can see he needs to do nothing early and finish on. Runner-up Platinum Rocker came agonisingly close to giving top local trainer Simon Miller his first Group 1 victory just five days before he flies to Sydney for an interview with Darley for the training position left vacant by Peter Snowden's resignation during the week. Fire Up Fifi was brave running third but the other eastern states raiders were never in the hunt - Mutual Trust ran ninth, Longport 10th, Plucky Belle 12th and Smokin' Joey finished last. There was a pre-race sensation when Ranger was scratched by stewards after it was discovered the horse was treated orally just 45 minutes before the race.