The stewards' reports from his previous five runs from a stand read: fractious before the start, galloped out, fractious before the start; galloped out and reared at start. Hence his right-out-of-the draw status.

However he stood quietly before the start on Sunday night before stepping away quickly.

He headed off early leader Full Speed Ahead by the first turn and was never troubled from then on, scoring by 1.4m from the fast-finishing Be Major Threat ($5.00) with Rocknroll Turbo ($2.25f) 3.8m away third.

Tasmania Cup winner The Shallows produced a nice first-up effort off a tough 30m handicap, finishing off strongly to be less than 10m from the winner.

The Ben Yole-trained, Troy McDonald-driven Hez The One started at $31.

Early results -

1- 3.80 Extrinsic, 1.95f Reginald, 7.50 Mays Place. 1/2 hd, 1.1m. 2:00.6.

2- 1.60f Iden Gorgeous, 5.00 My Ultimate Romeo, 7.50 Weerrook Harry. 25m, 20m. 1:59.6.

3- 3.10 Something Bettor, 2.50f Itz Montana Jet, 21.00 Written In. 12m, 5m. 1:58.5.

4- 11.00 Kosimo, 4.00 Lorimermajor, 2.20f Richmond Tiger. 6.4m, 2.2m. 1:59.8.

5- 5.00 Hez Razor Sharp, 4.40f Raining On Ringo, 6.50 Border Cross. 7.8m, 2.1m. 2:01.6.