The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained two-year-old gelding Noviero staged a promising effort in winning on debut. He showed good pace from his outside barrier (10) to lead and then travelled well before being challenged rounding the home turn. He then responded gamely to score a narrow but very good win from the Godolphin-raced pair of Animalia and Stone who both fought well in the straight, finishing close up in second and third, respectively.