After a dominating win in Saturday’s G2 Wakeful Stakes, Faint Perfume justified odds-on favouritism to give her sire Shamardal at G1 first in the VRC Oaks at Flemington yesterday.

The Bart Cummings-trained filly tracked second favourite Valdemoro every step of the way and then peeled out to tackle the leaders in the straight.  She ran the 2500m right out to score a narrow but convincing victory.

Bred by Wynyarra Stud and co-owner Dato Tan Chin Nam, Faint Perfume’s pedigree indicates that the Oaks was always within her grasp.  Out of a Zabeel daughter of the G1 winning filly Danendri, who herself finished second in the VRC Oaks after winning the Wakeful Stakes, the three-year-old filly is likely try and emulate her second dam by taking out the G1 AJC Oaks in the Autumn.

Shamardal has enjoyed a sensational season in the southern hemisphere, not only through the deeds of Faint Perfume, but also G3 Norman Robinson Stakes winner Shamoline Warrior and his second-crop son Run For Wilson who won the NS Breeders’ Plate (G3) last month.

Earlier in the day, Darley sire Exceed And Excel had his mare Very Discreet complete a hat-trick of stakes wins in the Listed Crown Promenade Stakes at Flemington.  She defeated fellow Exceed And Excel mare Seeking Attention.  “The intention is to spell her and ideally we’re looking at the G1 Robert Sangster next year in Adelaide,” trainer Richard Jolly said.

Bred by South Australian David Peacock, Very Discreet is out of the G3-winning Euclase mare She’s Discreet.  Having visited Darley stallions for the past seven seasons, She’s Discreet was recently covered by 2006 World Champion three-year-old Bernardini.

Exceed And Excel is enjoying another stellar season, currently sitting atop the third-season sires’ table with 28 individual winners, two clear of barn mate Lonhro.

Lightly-raced Lonhro filly Trim continued a spectacular carnival for the Darley stallions when she won the Listed TCL Electronics Stakes on Oaks day.

Yet to finish further than back than second place from four starts, Trim defeated Shamardal filly Marquardt by half a length with Exceed And Excel’s front-running filly Cinecitta holding on to third place.

Racing in the colours of Sheikh Mohammed, Trim was bred by Woodlands Stud and is from the G3 winning Night Shift mare Firm. She is from the family of stakes winning Strategic gelding Desuetude.

Beaded provided Lonhro with his second new stakes winner on Thursday when Beaded scored an impressive victory in the Listed Yalumba Wines Cup at Hawkesbury.

Trim and Beaded join Denman, Demerit, Deer Valley and O’Lonhro among Lonhro’s stakes winning tally so far this season.