One of a small team sent to Melbourne to target spring riches by Queensland’s Champion Trainer Tony Gollan, Snitzel gelding Transatlantic improved off his narrow last start second to win the $1m Group 1 MRC Toorak Handicap (1600m), giving the stable consecutive wins in the race after Antino’s victory last year.

An all-the-way victory in the A$1 million Gr.1 Might And Power Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday marked a career-defining triumph for New Zealand-bred gelding Globe.