Three starts, three wins for Assertive Approach who, stepping up to stakes class for the first time, had his opponents in trouble from the top of the straight. He bounced out quickly and had a narrow lead early, extending the lead to a little more than a length past the 600m. Into the straight he slipped clear and at the 200m had them in trouble. To the line he was kept up to his work but the damage was done and he had more than length to spare. Behemoth was fourth last at the 600m, threaded his way between runners from the top of the straight and went after the winner but there was too much to do yet he finished well for second. The two-year-old, Excess Funds, sat fourth turning in and kept up a solid run for third from Zizzis who from last at the 350m somehow found a path between runners to fly into fourth.