Linda Griffiths'a Heaven Above, Heaven Below succeeds where George F. Walker's Moss Park failed, however, because it makes a fetus more than an intrauterine MacGuffin to keep the plot moving.

Heaven Above Heaven Below is an engaging two-hander, unfolding in real time, about a pair of former lovers who meet 20 years after an unplanned pregnancy broke up their relationship.

Heavens Above tailed the field, 18 lengths behind the superstar. "I'm in awe of her. It's a privilege to race against her again," Martin said.