The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Stampede scored a very good all-the way win. He was smartly away and then settled particularly well under Rachel King, then steadying the midrace tempo. They picked up the pace from the 800m, grabbed a clear break on turning for home and then held on to score well. The favourite, the Chris Waller-trained, Irish-bred Life Less Ordinary settled in tenth place, commenced a wide move at the 600m, went to a distant second at the 200m and kept making ground to take a good second, in a promising performance at his third run in Australia.