"He got a bit of a squeeze up on the
point of the corner and he's not the sort of colt who is ever going to win by
much, but he gives it his all and he's pretty good," Richards said."He'll go to the Hawke's Bay Guineas next and then we'll make a plan about how we get to Christchurch.
" Last season's Group One Diamond Stakes winner is now the $5 favourite for the Group One New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas at Riccarton after his resuming run, in which he found a good early spot before other runners circled him out wide.
Cameron got busy on the favourite once into the clear and Heroic Valour finished determinedly to score by a head for the fourth consecutive win of his career.
"He did it the hard way and had to pick a path between them," Cameron said.
"Once I got stuck into him he hit the line well and got the job done nicely.
" Stablemates The Soultaker (NZ) (Iffraaj) and Wyndspelle (NZ) (Iffraaj) settled off the early pace and both wound up impressively in the straight to finish second and third respectively.
"Really happy with them and as far as the Hawke's Bay Guineas and the Two Thousand Guineas are concerned the farther the better for them," said Chris Gibbs, who prepares the pair with Donna Logan.
