Jockey Daniel Moor celebrated his birthday in style enjoying his maiden Group 1 victory thanks to a gun ride aboard a quality mare with Sierra Sue taking out the Group 1 $1 million Neds Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Chris Waller has confirmed plans to run his star mare Verry Elleegant in the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) next month after she secured her ninth elite level win with a rousing performance in the 2021 George Main Stakes.

Ladbrokes’ own Peter Moody found himself back in the Group 1 winner’s stall at Flemington on Saturday, courtesy of his latest acquisition, Incentivise. The five-year-old gelding out of Shamus Award led all the way to win the $1 million Makybe Diva Stakes over the mile, extending his winning streak to seven in his first run back from a spell. Previously in the care of Steve Tregea, Incentivise was saddled by Brett Pebble for the first time on Saturday, a move that proved to be the difference as the pair found something extra down the straight to fend off race-favourite Tofane…

Lightly raced Godolphin colt Anamoe proved his class at Kembla Grange on Saturday, defying a late drift in the market to win the Group 2 Run to the Rose first-up from a spell. The three-year-old out of Street Boss was seen for the first time since winning the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick earlier in the autumn and raced every bit like a $3.50 chance with James McDonald back on board. After the pair combined for Group 1 glory earlier in April, it was another case of too good too late as McDonald found daylight out wide to wear down…

The $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate is now on the spring agenda for the Danny O’Brien-trained Superstorm who broke his winning drought in Saturday’s 2021 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley.

The David Jolly-trained Behemoth was too strong late outmuscling his rivals to go back-to-back in an exciting edition of Melbourne’s Group 1 $1 million Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield Racecourse.