The visitor from the Caulfield stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Dubious was relentless, grabbing the lead in the last stride for a gritty win here. He led early but was five wide heading for the first corner then jockey Michael Walker eased him a shade to trail yet still three wide turning in. From the 300m they chased the leader, who broke away, but Walker kept asking and the colt kept giving and gradually they ranged alongside then dove at the line for a tough, last stride win. Covert Ops, going smoothly, had a clear lead at the 600m, broke away at the 300m by two lengths and looked the winner only to be nabbed on the line but a nice debut. Krameric improved quickly to be handy at the 400m then ran on nicely for third. Rome was doing his best work over the last 100m, finishing quite well for fourth.