Coolminx pipped stable companion Jeannie Galloway to give trainer Richard Fahey a notable one-two in the William Hill Ayr Bronze Cup.
The pair were separated by the width of the track and it was the far side runner Coolminx (12-1), who broke from stall three, who landed the spoils by a short head in the hands of Barry McHugh.
Champion jockey Paul Hanagan was agonisingly out of luck on Jeannie Galloway, the 13-2 favourite, racing from stall 15 towards the stands' side of the course.
Fahey said: "It should have been a dead-heat, that would have been better. I just feel sorry for the owners of the second. As you can see there's not much between them and it looked that way at home."
Fahey believes the race showed there is no difference between low and high numbers in the draw ahead of Saturday's Gold and Silver Cups over the same course and distance.
"The result shows there is no draw bias on the near side or the far side. The one place you don't want to be is down the middle," he added.
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