Winner of the Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) in the spring, Amphitrite resumed and scored a smart first-up win, her fifth success in ten starts to date. She enjoyed a good trip in fifth place on the rails from her inside barrier (1) before Craig Williams improved her nicely behind runners nearing the home turn, got a split at the 300m, took the lead on passing the 200m and went on to score comfortably by a length. Former NZ-trained filly Verry Elleegant staged a smart first-up effort. Resuming after running seventh in the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) in November, she settled near the tail of the field before improving along the inner to be seventh nearing the home turn. She went to fifth at the 200m and then ran on strongly to take second. The favourite, Fundamentalist, raced outside the leader (The Closer), got to a narrow lead nearing 200m and then fought gamely for third. Goldifox raced in fourth place, moved up home turn and kept running on well for (3.2 lengths) fourth.