Fit For Purpose, under a clever ride by Dale Smith, broke through for his maiden stakes win and took his overall record to six wins from 18 career starts. The four-year-old jumped awkwardly to settle back of midfield, remaining there past the 1000m then drifted further (rails) to have four behind him at the 600m. Smith waited, pushed forward along the fence into the straight then was presented with a lovely rails run, bounded forward to share the lead, then ran clear over the last 200m to win well by a length and a half. From midfield, No Annamossity ran up approaching the last corner, was widest turning in, then kept on strongly to the line to nab second late. Lordag stuck with No Annamossity the length of the straight but lost second in a head-bobber, while top-weight Religify, who was always handy, did well to hold on for a close fourth under his 61kg.