Lightly raced Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained fouryear-old gelding Stonebrook is now unbeaten in three starts following wins in a three-year-old maiden (1100m) at Hawkesbury in April and a first up win in a Class One (1200m) at Kembla on 23 September with a good win, stepping up in class here. He went to the front, was challenged on straightening (by Marsupial) and then fought back gamely to win well.