THERE was a Swan Hill racing showdown in Ballarat this week as star local jockey Harry Coffey took on star local trainer Nathan Hobson in the $27,000 Hygain Winner’s Choice Handicap.

A small field of seven jumped in Tuesday’s race, with Dillinger proving the hot shot at the barrier, leaping quickly to the front.

But Coffey then seemed content to let Linda Meech take Hydrogen Power around him...