Happy coincidences were abound for both trainer Mok Zhan Lun and jockey Lisa Allpress as they each ended their six-week wait on Sunday.

While a great amount of hard work had gone into War Affair to bring him back to race-fitness, trainer Mark Walker actually put the resounding success of the former juvenile champion in Sunday’s inaugural $100,000 Premier Racing Partnerships Stakes (1200m) down to an extra week of holiday.