There are certainly better races in the offering for Shoreham after his emphatic win in the Galilee Series Final at Flemington on Saturday.

Whilst he didn’t defeat a flash field, that doesn’t come into the equation, it is how he beat them that counts.

In on the fence at the 800, with nowhere to go, it required some quick thinking from Chris Symons to turn a negative into a positive, in a flash an opening appeared, he was out full of running.

It is decision time now; he is a promising stayer, whether the next move is the St Leger at Flemington, or the South Australian Derby at Morphettville.

Trainer, Saab Hasan, could be persuaded to go for the Derby, he could follow the lead set some years ago by Lee Freedman, he won the Derby and the Melbourne Cup in the same year with Subzero.

Saab has put in the hard yards, there has been some tough going along the way, it is now all falling into shape, a win Sunday in the Puckapunyal Army Cup, with Compound, completed a satisfying week-end double.

Shoreham with Chris Symons up