Jockey Anthony Darmanin allowed the smart four-year-old to settle at the rear of the field before starting a forward move coming off the back straight.

Siorca then rounded up his eight rivals with ridiculous ease and was being eased down on the line as he scored by almost three lengths from Valdez and Don Reggio.

The win completed a treble for Darmanin at the final meeting of the Devonport winter carnival. He also scored on Underplay and Life’s Quest.

Campbell said that Siorca, raced by Bill Hayes and Margot Smart, would now have a little break.

“He can have three weeks on the grass while we think about where we go next,” the trainer said.

“I suppose we’ll head towards the Devonport Cup, like 7000 other horses, but there are plenty of options.

“We tried him in the Derby last season and I don’t think he ran the trip but he might as an older horse.

“He mother was a 2400-metre winner in New Zealand.

“If it does look like he will stay, we can also look at the other cups.”

Campbell said that, in running, he was worried that the pace in Sunday’s race might have been a bit to slow to allow Siorca to come from the rear of the field.

But the Sharkbite gelding unleashed a strong sprint to record the fastest last 200m of the day (11.6 seconds).

“He’s done a good job this prep – he was beaten a nose first-up over 1000m and now he’s winning over 1800m,” Campbell said.

“Not many horses can do that.

“I know up until today he hasn’t been winning but, realistically, this was the first race that he’s been in that has really suited him.”

JOHN BLACKER continued his good Spreyton form with a double courtesy of Jupiter’s Moon and Tarasov.

The trainer expects Jupiter’s Moon to be a contender for the three-year-old feature races over summer.

“He’s a very nice horse – he’s well bred and I expect him to measure up,” Blacker said after the Denman colt finished strongly for his second win in seven starts.

Maiden winner Tarasov is a six-year-old mare who was having only her third start.

She gave owner Allan Bingley his first winner since Albronquest in 2004.

Bingley races the mare with partner Bronwyn Sushames.

Blacker said that Tarasov didn’t show much in a couple of earlier preparations but had improved.