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Fourth stakes winner for Deep Field.

Newgate Farm-based Deep Field (Northern Meteor) sired his fourth stakes winner on Saturday when his son Riddle Me That (3 g ex Justine Coup by Entrepreneur) landed the Bendigo Guineas (Listed, 1400m). 

The three-year-old gelding prevailed in a close finish to beat Score (Written Tycoon) by a nose with the same distance back to Zousonic (Zoustar) in third. 

The Matt Laurie-trained gelding was having his first start in stakes company on Saturday and the victory took his record to four wins and four placings from ten starts. 

"He is a smart horse and he has come back really well this preparation," Laurie said.

"We didn't draw so well last start but he ran particularly well at Flemington and obviously we had another wide draw today which I was a little bit disappointed about.

"But it was a great ride from Daniel [Stackhouse] and it is good to see him get a good win.

"I will have to look through the calendar and talk to the owners about what we do next.

"Obviously everything has been thrown into disarray but certainly this was a target and it is good to get it done." 

Riddle Me That is out of Group 3 winner Justine Coup (Justine Coup), who is herself a half-sister to Listed-placed Coup Hogan (Stravinsky). 

Further afield this is the family of Group 1 winner Royal Regatta (Sea Anchor) - the dam of Listed winner Mushtak (Zabeel).

The gelding joins Group 2 winner Cosmic Force and Dig Deep and Listed winner Xilong as the stallions other stakes winners and he will have a colt offered at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.