The local father-and-son training partnership won three races through the card, all of which they quinellaed, including the feature Grand Casino Open Handicap (1400m), where they had a trio of runners engaged.
Inflamed had been slightly disappointing first-up, but was still fancied in the market, closing third-favourite behind Bouyant and Martell, while her stablemates, Mayor of Norwood and Capo Dell Impero, were the outsiders resuming over a sprint trip.
With just 52kg on her back courtesy of Donovan Cooper’s claim, Inflamed came out flying from an outside draw with blinkers applied, finding the front and running along at a strong tempo through the first quarter of the race.
Cooper gave the mare a breather at the 600m and she was travelling on the bridle turning for home, kicking clear from Bouyant and powering to the line to score by two lengths, with Capo Dell Impero defying his $38 quote and 60kg impost to run into a clear second.
"She was a lot sharper today. I just felt in a couple of trials that she wasn’t putting in, so we put the blinkers back on and she showed a lot of speed," Shane Anderton said.
"It was good to see her get the job done.
"Capo was an amazing run for an old 9-year-old. He hit the line pretty strong and there were a lot of good sprinters behind him.
"Mayor of Norwood wasn’t far behind him either (fifth), so for a couple of stayers I was pretty happy with them first-up."
It was the stable’s third one-two finish of the meeting, having taken out the Property Brokers Ray Kean R75 (1200m) with No Party ahead of stablemate Move On, and the Otago Engineering R65 (1400m) taken out by Afire ahead of Southern Country.
"You can’t complain with three winners. Three quinellas is even better," Anderton said.
"It gets you out of bed in the morning and keeps you enthused."
At just his fifth start, No Party continued on his upward trajectory, going back-to-back after winning first-up at the course in October. Stepping into Rating 75 grade on an improved track, the Proisir gelding looked right at home, sitting in midfield before coming down the centre of the track and putting away Move On comfortably in the closing stages.
"He’s really matured this year. He was a bit wayward last year, but he’s left that behind and has done everything we’ve asked him to do so far," Anderton said.
"I think he’s going to be better when we step him up over a bit more ground. It was a bloody good run by Move On as well. She was hung out to dry a bit early out three-wide, then she really toughed it out.
"She’s normally one that gets back and runs on, so it was a great effort. It was great to see the pair of them back it up on top of the ground today as well."
