Lightly raced 5yo Cobber has broken his maiden today at Balaklava. The Artie Schiller gelding has shown glimpses of good form with 2 seconds and 4 thirds from his 17 starts but not been able to break the maiden before today. Ridden by inform jockey Jamie Kah, the big fella although ridden wide for most of the journey, knuckled down on the turn for the judge and skipped away, impressing by holding on by a narrow margin to break his maiden.