Winning Horse: Toregene (Nz)

4yoM Mongolian Khan (Aus) - Starguru (NZ)(Ishiguru (USA))

5 starts - 4 wins $319050

Other Wins

1st Cranbourne Bm64 Handicap - Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series Heat 3 1400m (2022)

1st Swan Hill Busbiz.Net.Au (Bm64) 1300m (2022)

1st Warrnambool West. Dist. Electrical Mdn 1400m (2022) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Toregene (Matthew Williams/Dean Yendall) - $4.80 fav

2nd: Bookman (Andrew Noblet/James McDonald) - $11
3rd: Corona Lad (Nathan Dunn/Blake Shinn) - $6

Winning Time: 1:35.54 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 1¼L x 1½L

Winning Trainer: Matthew Williams

On the horse: “She’s done a really good job and she’s still not the furnished product yet. You could see midrace she was still just wanting to get up on the bridle there a bit strong - I reckon Deano might have a broken tooth, he would have been gritting the teeth a little bit - but she’s definitelygot good ability and is on the right path.”

On how she compares with Literary Magnate: “We don’t work many horses with her because she’s just too keen in her trackwork, so I’ve never lined them up together.

“But we’ve known for a while that she’s got good ability, it was just about going through small steps and keeping her raceday manner under control and there was going to be a nice race in her.

On the run of stablemate Mi Rock Aly: “I thought about the 300-metre mark, when Craig just had nowhere to go on her, she was going to be right in it if with a bit more clear room earlier. She’s run terrific, she’s come back well.”

Winning Jockey: Dean Yendall

On the win and the mare: “She began cleanly, she just wanted to steam underneath me, but she’s always that sort of horse that just does her thing and you’ve basically got to be a pilot on her and let her do her own thing.

“She’s just strong and just a big mare. You can’t pull her around, she’s just too hard a horse to guide in that respect. A lot of guys see how I was on her at the Cranbourne night meeting, I was in all sorts on her just trying to get her to stay in behind.

“Everything panned out today, I was able to get where I wanted to in the straight, just fed through, asked for a good effort and everything I threw at her she gave. It was a magnificent win.”

On returning from serious injury: “Words can’t describe how I feel. I’m pretty chuffed that all guys have put the belief in me that I’ve still got it.

“I’ve got the zest for it this time around, obviously there was a mindset in the back of the head, what-ifs and what-happens, but I thought stuff that, get out there and do what you love doing.”