It was a highly anticipated clash, and no one was let down after a stirring duel between two promising horses in the Ray Trinder Memorial (1620m) in Launceston on Wednesday night, when Charlie Bucket ($1.30) edged out Lovin’ Bev ($4) to win by a short-head.

The clash between Charlie Bucket and Lovin’ Bev in Launceston on Wednesday night looks like a case of the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object.

No Tasmanian stable is more in-form than that of Wesley Vale-based trainer Glenn Stevenson.

If Codi Jordan was a hit record, she would have a bullet beside her name as she shoots toward the top of the charts.