For one fleeting moment, jockey James McDonald thought a stewards' explanation into why he lost a race on protest at Warwick Farm was going to come with the ultimate sting.

As acting chief steward Greg Rudolph told McDonald there was no carelessness involved in his ride on Copper on Wednesday, there were other parts of his navigation in the straight that cost him an important win in his drive to the Sydney jockeys' title.

"It's not a great shift but it's the type of shift that loses races," Rudolph said.

"But we don't think there is any carelessness on your part."

Rudolph's summation left McDonald bemused, prompting the young jockey to ask: "What does that mean? Do I get time again?"

It doesn't but it still leaves McDonald trailing absent leader Nash Rawiller by two wins going into the last month of the season.

With Rawiller overseas, McDonald is an odds-on chance to win the premiership despite starting a suspension after Wednesday's meeting.

McDonald has only recently returned from a suspension and another ban would have put him on tenterhooks.

Country mare Rebel Dancer was awarded theraces.com.au Handicap after stewards found she lost enough ground when Copper shifted out to be denied a rightful win.

To add to a difficult day for McDonald, his mount Perfect Weapon was run down on the post in the following race.

Meanwhile, a filly who has never failed to deliver in the eyes of her trainer finally confirmed the worth of some of the best two-year-old form in the country at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Uratta Belle, lining up for her seventh start in a career that started in December, used her tiny frame to her advantage to justify her $4 favouritism in the Testa Rossa @ Vinery Plate.

"There's not much of her but she is all heart," trainer Kylie Gavenlock said.

Before her breakthrough win at the expense of Luxury ($5), Uratta Belle had crossed paths with Fighting Sun, Peggy Jean and Shigeru Sendan, two-year-olds who all enjoyed a high profile at varying times of the season.

Her win was the first leg of a race-to-race double for Brenton Avdulla who also rode imported mare Oriental Lady to a middle-distance victory.