Four-year-old mare Pride Of Liberty travelled nicely in seventh place, between runners before switching deep on straightening. She then put in a strong run and finished too well to score narrowly, but going away at the post. It was her first win in four starts, her third run this preparation and it was quite a promising effort. Short-priced favourite, three-year-old Surf Seeker was fifth on the rails early on, was then shuffled back to midfield. But he got a split nearing the 200m and looked the winner when he hit the front at the 75m but he could not hold off the late-closing winner to finish second in his first run from a spell.