It took a long range plan by trainer Kurt Goldman and a perfect steer from hoop Angela Jones to see Arts Object ($51) take out the $250,000 The Wave on the Gold Coast.

The Kurt Goldman-trained Arts Object has saluted at long odds in The Wave.

With the Newhaven Park Country Championships underway Goulburn trainers gave a sharp reminder of their capabilities with a three-gun salute on home surrounds on Thursday.