Warrnambool's Peter Chow secures day one May carnival victory with Moor Wanted

But trainer Peter Chow, who works in conjunction with Georgia Harris and Stewie Bishop, showed his team can match it with the best, winning a benchmark 70 handicap at the TAB Warrnambool May Racing Carnival on Tuesday.

Moor Wanted saluted with jockey Chelsea MacFarlane aboard.

Strapper Harris was emotional after the victory.

"She's done a lot since day one so it's nice to reward her," Chow said.

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Moor Wanted was primed for the day one carnival race.

Chow said there was a "big group of owners so there was a fair bit of pressure on today, and I'm not used to that".

But he was bullish about Moor Wanted's chances despite an up-and-down preparation.

"We took him to Adelaide three weeks ago and he was a bit disappointing," he said.

"Then we took him to Terang and gave him a jump out and Harry Coffey rode him.

"I said to Harry 'if he's going all right, give him a squeeze and see how he goes'.

"Harry came back and said 'he's fine'."

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