My Brothers Keepers will venture into new territory when he runs in the Mahogany Challenge Final at Flemington.

Handy galloper My Brothers Keeper made each mile of the 3,300 mile red-eye flight of South African owner Rene Bacher count when he triumphed in the $60,000 Class 4 Division 2 race over 1400m on Sunday.

Star three-year-old Affleck was simply in a class of his own on Friday night, demoralising his rivals in the final leg of the More Magic 3YO Championship series.

Back-from-surgery galloper My Brothers Keeper sprang straight back to the winner’s circle first-up to give his trainer Stephen Gray a more than fitting birthday present on Sunday.

An encouraging debut second from Let Go Lenni last September certainly had racegoers looking forward to the Australian import’s next start, which, alas, was to take longer than expected to eventuate – four months.