Eloping showed her customary pace and quickly overcame her wide barrier (14) to lead. She then ran along at a solid tempo (first 600m 34.81), held a clear break halfway down the straight and went on to win impressively and in smart time 1:09.02 on the Good4 track. Miss Cover Girl chased the leader all the way, briefly looked a threat on turning for home and the kept battling in good style to hold second placing. Zestful was back in fourth place to the home turn and kept fighting on nicely to take the minor placing.