Rise At Dawn has continued his rise through the ranks with a brave win in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m).
The Ben, Will and J D Hayes-trained four-year-old registered the seventh win of his 12-start career and his third in succession on Saturday.
Rise At Dawn was headed early in the straight before digging deep to score by a long neck.
“It’s incredible, he just keeps ever so slightly raising the bar,” J D Hayes said.
“Full credit goes to the horse, he’s been up a long time, he’s had a freshen up.
“You never turn a horse out in winning form, so if he’s sound and well and eating and licking the bin, he’ll tell us, but I’m sure we can get a bit crafty with our placement.
“He definitely looks like a horse with a nice win in him.”