Albury hosts New Year's Eve meet with Red Terror snaring the first race

Red Terror snared the 1770m event by two and a half metres from Hanover Sunshine, with Chip Ganassi another two and three quarter metres back in third.

Driver and co-owner Chris Anderson bought the horse a few months ago for $5000 after the six-year-old had racked up a handful of wins in his 70-odd races, taking in areas like Redcliffe in Brisbane and Menangle in Sydney.

It was his sixth start for Anderson.

"I'm happy with how he's going, I thought he'd probably win in the first race start here (Albury) just because of where he is in the national ratings system," he said.

"A couple of mates (Mitch Hemming and Murray Price) are in it (co-own him), it's their first horse, I could have bought him myself with mum and dad, but it's good to have your mates in it for the experience."

Anderson's father and Indigo Valley-based trainer Wayne has six horses in work after boasting only one or two for an extended period of time.

"We thought with his gate speed, he'd lead and there wasn't a lot (of speed) from down below, we thought No.5 would be the one to beat, Chip Ganassi, it sat in the death, pulled a bit and worked him a bit, they worked him more than we thought," he explained.

'We've had to do a couple of different things with him, that hard racing and working him a little bit too hard at home and it was taking a bit of the edge off him."

The chance to race 30 minutes away at Albury was a relief for Anderson after being forced to make the longer trips to Shepparton and Cobram.

He started in the Anderson stable beaten by two lengths at Shepparton and then got parked (held up) at his next start before again being held up at Cobram, but still managing a fourth place finish.

The bay gelding went into the Border meet with a recent sixth placing at Wagga.

And in just a short time, Red Terror has made an enormous impact around the stable.

"He's a beautiful horse to have around, he's like having a pet dog really," Wayne Anderson offered.

"He's got a T-Rex head, a Tyrannosaurus head on him, he bangs on to you a little bit, but he's got a nice attitude, he's sort of like a Labrador, something like that."

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Meanwhile, well-know Wagga trainer Paul Kahlefeldt snared a thrilling win in the second race over 2170m, with his son Jared driving, while it took to the third event for an Albury driver to claim a win with John Scott and Abercrombie Flash.

They were part of the seven-race program.