Coach Joe Satisfaction celebrated his sixteenth Group 1 success and is eyeing one other in two week’s time along with his quick improver Suppose About It onto the Stradbroke Handicap after a career-defining victory within the Group 1 $1 million Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m).

Converge (pictured in Sydney) was large late operating second within the 2023 Kingsford Smith Cup outcomes at Eagle Farm. Photograph: Steve Hart.

The four-year-old son of So You Suppose has gone from energy to energy over his nine-start profession to this point posting win quantity eight in his elite stage debut within the Kingsford Smith Cup 2023 at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Three weeks after his Listed Takeover Goal Stakes victory at Gosford the gun galloper confirmed precisely how good he was within the sunshine state given a beautiful experience by now four-time Group 1 successful hoop Sam Clipperton to say the scalps of a real area of sprinters.

After travelling simply off the tempo all through one-time favorite Suppose About It charged house on the straight coming arduous on the surface of the Robert Heathcote-trained native Victory Stakes winner Rothfire who had taken over front-running 450m out from the road.

Over the ultimate furlong it was all eyes on Suppose About It who raced off for a stellar three-quarter size victory.

Flashing house the closing levels in a wonderful return to type was the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained fellow four-year-old Converge.

After flying house late Converge completed runner-up whereas Rothfire misplaced few admirers holding for third to finish the Kingsford Smith Cup trifecta at his pet observe because the 2021 and 2020 JJ Atkins winners respectively ending within the cash.

It was a combined Kingsford Smith Cup end result for Satisfaction whose pace-maker Eduardo pale late to cross the road second final.

“It’s arduous watching a race like that as I had Eduardo fading out on the finish so kind of combined feelings,” Satisfaction mentioned.

“However we’ll simply see, Eduardo might have simply discovered that observe a bit too agency.”

Subsequent-up for Suppose About It’s a journey house to maintain coaching at Warwick Farm earlier than returning to Eagle Farm on June 10 for the Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).

“This horse right here goes from energy to energy,” Satisfaction instructed Sky Thoroughbred Central.

“He’s travelled up nicely.

“Wow, what a efficiency. He sat three-wide, acquired a bit of canopy, however was explosive. He needed to get previous a correct horse in Rothfire and he went by way of the road nicely.

“I feel 1400m might be no issues with him in a few weeks’ time.

“A dynamic efficiency and he’ll solely enhance. He’s three weeks between runs so he gained’t be going backwards off that.

“So long as he pulls up nicely…we’ll convey him again up right here (for the Stradbroke).

“They’re simple to position good horses.

“It’s so thrilling have this horse ripping by way of the grades, who is aware of the place he’ll get to.”

Suppose About It now leads the most recent all-in 2023 Stradbroke Handicap markets at $4 by way of Ladbrokes.