In a cluttered finish Hobart Jones scored by a narrow margin. He came from sixth one of the fence before taking the turn on the outside. When balanced up in the straight he came with a determined finish to get his head in front on the line, a solid effort. Vitalism raced with the winner in the run but took inside runs saving ground on the home turn. She finished resolutely and just missed on the line. Jezpark was very good in defeat. He did a lot of work on the lead three wide facing the breeze. He fought hard the whole way down the straight to just go under, finishing a close third. *ANZ