Nash Rawiller is renowned for going where other jockeys fear to tread, and on memorable occasions on heavy tracks, that has been down the outside fence.

In the $1 million The Gong on Saturday at Kembla Grange, the inside became the path less travelled as the rain fell and jockeys searched for better ground out wide.

Nash Rawiller celebrates on Gong winner Gringotts. Credit: Getty Images

Rawiller, as should be expected, did the unexpected on favourite and defending champion Gringotts and went for an inside run after sitting midfield.

The Ciaron Maher-trained star, a back-to-back Big Dance winner, added The Gong double with a gritty effort to hold off a wide-running Estadio Mestalla by a half-length.

“Nash, I think he said he walked the track four times, and he was keen to stay in,

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