Playing the long game by trainer Phillip Stokes could reap the ultimate result after rising imported staying star Deakin secured his spot in the Melbourne Cup by winning the Listed Lexus Roy Higgins (2500m) at Flemington.
It's been a dazzling start to 2025 for Waikato Stud's Super Seth siring two Group I winners in Australia in Feroce and Linebacker and now a Group I winning juvenile in New Zealand in La Dorada.