![Canberra Raiders star Jarrod Croker celebrated victory in the Group One Queensland Trotters Cup on Saturday night. Canberra Raiders star Jarrod Croker celebrated victory in the Group One Queensland Trotters Cup on Saturday night.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/GzY3iczng7SLWqVgHSV78t/494f703c-4df9-4c27-9e06-981bbad589b6.jpg/r0_204_4000_2462_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Canberra Raiders star Jarrod Croker celebrated a different kind of victory on Saturday night when his trotter Majestic Trio claimed the group 1 Queensland Trotters Cup.
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Trainer-driver Brad Hewitt expertly steered Majestic Trio to her first group 1 victory, settling midfield before finding clear air rounding the final turn. Once in the straight, the mare surged past her rivals to win by a length.
Croker has long supported Hewitt's stable and owns a number of trotters and thoroughbreds.
The win came 24 hours after the Raiders were left devastated by a golden-point loss to the Warriors.
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Hewitt made the trip from Goulburn to Albion Park in Queensland and said Croker would be thrilled.
"He'd be really happy," Hewitt said post-race.
"A bit better than last night going from rags to riches. A really good story.
"He owns nearly every horse I've got and some say in it."
As a five-year-old, Majestic Trio is a relatively young horse and Hewitt is confident Saturday's win won't be the last Group One.
"She's got that group 1 tonight. It didn't look great through the run when we got put three [on the fence] but we got a bit of luck in the last lap and everything worked out good."
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