Noted frontrunner The Cleaner went immediately to the lead and ran along at a good tempo before Steven Arnold asked him to pick up nearing the 600m point, setting his opposition a task to chase him after clocking 59.59 for his first 1000m. He then kept fighting on in his usually determined fashion to score by three quarters of a length, recording his third win at this track in his last four starts. Mourinho was wide early before settling in fifth place, one off the rails. He worked up wide at the turn, got to third at the 100m and kept battling on in a solid staying effort to take second. Foreteller was last in the 11-horse field to the 600m. He went to the centre at the turn and made good late ground to finish third, beaten one length. Lindari was back in sixth place to the 600m and kept running on fairly well to finish (1.3 lengths) fourth. The Offer was a distant eighth to the 600m, went wide (under riding) nearing the turn and kept running on to finish (1.8 lengths) fifth in a sound first-up effort. Star Rolling raced in second place (chasing The Cleaner) to the turn and just kept battling on in the straight for (1.9 lengths) sixth. *ANZ