Jockey Leith Innes had dismounted from third-placed Mongolian Falcon in a 1200m race of the Makfi Challenge Stakes in August and told trainer Donna Logan to bring the 3-year-old Bay colt back to Hastings and he would win.
Innes kept to his word today when he powered the Logan and Chris Gibbs co-trained horse to a resounding five-length victory in $100,000 group 2 Sacred Falls HB Guineas.
Despite Innes' ups and downs with champion Kawi in the Windsor Park Plate, the second leg of the Bostock New Zealand Spring Racing Carnival a fortnight ago, Logan said they never doubted Innes' instincts in the 1400m race for 3-year-olds.
"He's big race rider and he knows what he's talking about so he's a good judge of the horse," she said, revealing they had discussed preparing Mongolian Falcon at home rather than injecting him in another race before today.
The Andrew Baker and Andrew Forsman co-trained Jon Snow (Danielle Johnson) was second, 5.5 lengths ahead of Australian horse Heroic Valour (Matthew Cameron).