In a race that changed dramatically in the final 100m, Extreme Choice filly Wollombi came with a barnstorming finish to open her winning account over 1200m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Ridden by Sam Clipperton for Peter and Paul Snowden, Wollombi overpowered a pair of blue-blood Snitzel fillies in Byron Belle and Beautiful Heart to win by three-quarters of a length.

Race experience helped Wollombi, who had placed twice in her previous four starts.

“She had been trialling well, and she has been good through the line,” Paul Snowden said.

“Last time, she got out to a little further than today, and I still think she will head that way, just the way she has come up this time in.

“She is effective in the going, so we were quietly confident. Canterbury can be quite testing, but there was a good solid pace throughout, and she was able to get over them out.

“It’s all before her this preparation, and it’s good to kick off on a winning note.”

A $200,000 purchase for Snowden Racing from the Kingstar Farm draft at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Wollombi is the first foal of the winning Hinchinbrook mare Hazlebrook, a half-sister to Listed winner Everage.

Hazlebrook has a yearling colt by Tassort, but unfortunately missed to Extreme Choice last spring.