French Emotion, off a last start win at Caulfield scored her second Group Two win and her eighth in total for in a top winning effort here. She was shuffled back along the inner to be fifth last, one off the fence at the 1200m. Jockey Ben Melham had no option but to wait for a run and at the 600m they moved wider between runners to be a little handier turning in. Into the straight she pulled out into the centre of the track, balanced then accelerated quickly to gather in the leaders keeping up a relentless run to level up at the 50m, thrusting her nose in front on the line for a tough win. Tahanee was third turning for home, went after the pacemaker and looked a chance but was outfinished while Shenandoah was midfield and wide going for home and finished well for a close third from pacemaker Savapinski who was swamped just short of the post.