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Lord Of The Sky scored his first win beyond 1000m when taking the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.

The speedy three-year-old colt Lord Of The Sky scored an impressive first-up win under weight-for-age conditions and also in slow going for the first time.

He quickly drove though from his inside barrier (1) to take the lead and was then well-rated by Dwayne Dunn before sprinting clear coming to the 200m.

He then drew away to win easily by four and a half lengths to record his fifth win in eight starts.

Le Bonsir travelled nicely in fourth place on the rails, eased wide on turning for home and got to third, under riding at the 200m.

He then kept fighting on for second, without threatening the winner at any stage.

Riziz raced in third place, one off the rails most of the way to the turn. He moved up at the 300m and then kept battling on for third, beaten five and a quarter lengths.

Mr Make Believe raced behind the leader to the home turn and held on fairly well in the straight for (6.3 lengths) fourth while African Pulse was a handy fifth, with cover to the turn and battled on reasonably well in the run home for a first-up (7.6 lengths) fifth.