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After a luckless second placing at her previous run, Elegantly Written landed some good bets when she took out a 1400m maiden in Launceston on Friday night.

Solidly backed from $2.60 into $2 before easing to $2.40, Elegantly Written had to overcome a wide draw but always travelled kindly for jockey Codi Jordan and had the opposition covered 400m from home.

"She was a victim of circumstances last time with the gate as well, but she's coming out and benefiting from each run.

"We opted to put her over a few jumps yesterday to get her more switched on. She hit the line well, but at the same time, she was waiting for everyone. The penny is just so far from dropping, so she can only keep improving," Jordan said.

Trainer Glenn Stevenson said the lightly raced filly would now be sent for a spell.

The Stevenson/Jordan combination was back in the winner's circle in the very next race when Jordan gave Steele My Sunshine a gem of a ride to get up in the last stride, downing Captain Taz who was being hailed the winner 100m from home.

Another well-supported runner, Steele My Sunshine, firmed from $10 to start at $4.80.

The Stevenson train continued to roll when Asva, who was a very unlucky second at his Tasmanian debut on Launceston Cup Day, finished too powerfully to take out the 1400m class 1.

Coming from back in the field, Asva ($4 – $2) got there in the last couple of bounds, but jockey Kelvin Sanderson was always confident.

"I always felt like I was going to get there, he's just a momentum horse who will probably get further," Sanderson said.

Longford trainer John Blacker found the right race for his 6YO maiden Surely Special ($11) in the first division of the 1400m maiden, scoring a decisive victory after coming from worse than midfield at the halfway mark.

Having just his third run for Blacker, and dropping back from 2100m at his previous start, Surely Special was too good for his stablemate Carnelian Rock ($9) with Pepperoni ($19 – $6) third.

"He was in Victoria and wasn't showing a lot of promise there, and they decided to send him over here; his first-up run in the state was good over 1400m, then we stepped him up to 2100m, so freshened up again, he's a horse that needs room and being a 6YO, I think he will just keep slowly improving," Blacker said.

Blacker made it a double for the night when Intisar ($5), with apprentice Jackson Radley aboard, overpowered the hot favourite Bine ($1.45) in the last couple of bounds to take out the 1100m BM60.

The former Victorian mare was having her fourth race start for the Blacker stable.