Down to a field of just five, Bjorn Baker’s 3yo Shalaa (IRE) filly Swordplay showed brilliant speed throughout to pull clear and win the Hawaii Five O @ Vinery Stud Handicap (1000m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday by more than three and a half lengths.

St Jean (IRE) is sadly no longer with us and while Caulfield and Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours has set the benchmark for this unheralded stallion, a debut winner by the son of Teofilo in the Ciaron Maher stable was an eye-catching debut winner at Caulfield on Wednesday.