Sebring Dream opened her winning account impressively and the step up in distance, scoring in the opening agenda, the Pat Hyland Plate.

She settled mid field until reaching the home turn, before Michael Walker got to work on her seriously, aided by a run in the centre of the field she looked pretty good in winning.  

Obviously she needed further than the 1100 metres of her previous start at headquarters.

Gary Fennessy, representing the stable of David Hayes and Tom Dabernig, the longest serving stable foreman in Victoria, said, “ the filly will now be spelled as she has done enough, she ran the 1400 metres right out, and with the coming spring her target will be the Thousand Guineas.”

Divine Chills gave bookmakers a skinner when she drifted from $21 to $26, to the delight of 39 members in the syndicate that share ownership in the filly.

She is prepared by John Sadler who has had quite some success with the progeny of Artie Schiller; however, he left it to his daughter, Kate, to meet the press.

An excited Kate said,” I am over the moon as were the other 38 of the syndicate, most of the planning is left to dad as to the future of the filly.”

Turnitaround continued on his winning spree with a narrow win in the Might And Power Handicap.

The son of Hard Spun is racing consistently, having won at his last three starts with the middle pin a win on his home track, Warrnambool.

Killarney Kid led for much of the race before Turnitaround and Second Bullet appeared on the scene, after a short tussle the Warrnambool trained performer received the judge’s nod.

The gelding, trained by Matthew Williams, is racing consistently, that was his third win on end, he is on a crest of a wave, the three placegetters were equal favourites at $4.40.

“There are options we could look at, it could be the Caloundra Cup, or a good race at Doomben, we will have to make up our minds shortly, or go to Moonee Valley in a couple of weeks or chase Country Cups in the spring, “ said Matthew Williams.

Might And Power was paraded before the race named in his honour, he won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups as a five year old in 1997, he returned the following year to win the Cox Plate.

Mihany completed a winning double for Hayes and Dabernig drawing away in the straight for an impressive win in the Carbine Club Handicap.

He was well positioned for most of the trip with Regan Bayliss ready to press the trigger at the right time, he sprinted and had the race well won a fair way out from the judge.

The favourite, Grand Dreamer, never looked a possible chance at any stage of the race and finished up running last.

Mihany is handy at yesterday’s distance and he can win again in the company he met in the Carbine Club Handicap, he was seen at his best in that type of race.

Gary Fennessy was back in the driver’s seat explaining, “the gelding is a consistent horse and had a fair bit of form about him.”

Punters were right on the ball when Loyalty Man was backed right in at close of betting, to start a pronounced favourite in the Les Carlyon A C Handicap.

Yet he was still backable at the odds, he was always racing handy to the leader, in what was a winning position for much of the trip.

Rupert Legh, a member of the syndicate said,” Loyal Man was taken over to Adelaide for a Derby trial but he does not get much further than a mile, and that is where we should be aiming his races at, young Jake Bayliss was on the phone to me to see if he still had the ride on the horse.”

“We will keep the horse going while he is winning,” he added.

Amarela had to make the best of it from an awkward gate in the Neville Begg Handicap; she settled back in the field, Darren Gauci had to take her wide, there was no point in looking for cushy runs, the safest way home was around the outside which Gauci decided to take. .

Her trainer, Nigel Blakiston, was pleased to see her return to form with the win explaining, “ she was unlucky last start and a couple of starts before that,” it was a deserving win.

Blakiston was considering taking on a stakes race in Adelaide but decided to remain here in his own back yard.

“We might look at a couple of heats in the Banjo Patterson series and take it from there.”

Glorious Sinndar had the form on the board, and the mileage in his legs, to see out a gruelling 3200 metres of the Andrew Ramsden Stakes.

Punters latched onto him starting second favourite, he had done all the hard yards and is now making into a useful stayer.

Stable foreman for Darren Weir, Jeremy Rogers said “ we have had a pretty good day and there is more to come, certainly in Adelaide.”

Jockey, Harry Coffey, is firmly entrenched within the stable, he attends most of the trials riding six to eight horses a morning, and as a reward he is getting the rides in races.

Nautical doesn’t step into the winner’s circle all that much and was nearly friendless in the market, but that didn’t bother her trainer, Nikki Burke, or her rider, Brian Higgins, riding his first winner at Flemington.

It was a big day Nikki Burke, “we haven’t trialed her this time inm we thought we had done enough without that, she was engaged in Adelaide but after drawing barrier 16 we pulled her out and concentrated on Flemington,” she said.

“Brian Higgins rides the mare in all her track work, and it has been a great result around for our stable, “said Nikki.

Jimando had the issue well under control by the time the field reached the course proper in the Better Loosen Up Handicap, he was much better on the top of the ground at Flemington, he just didn’t handle the soft conditions at Warrnambool when unplaced in the Wangoon.

In the absence of trainer, Tony McEvoy, Michael Shearson was on hand for the win of Jimando in the Better Loosen Up Handicap.

“Jinando was very brave in winning, he fought off all the challenges and whilst the favourite, The New Boy, was getting to him in the straight it was a strong winning effort.

Chautauqua misses Royal Ascot

There was a good legitimate reason to cancel out on the trip to Royal Ascot for champion sprinter Chautauqua .

After winning in Hong Kong on the Sunday, officials wanted a decision on the following day to confirm his flight to the U K to fly out two days later on the Wednesday.

Connections had to basically make a decision on the spot, no consideration was given to the horse, hence he will not be seen at Royal Ascot.

Chautauqua is currently in quarantine, he will come out in a little over a week.