Despite wanting to hang in badly, the Rios colt proved too tough for his rivals in the run home as he held out a late burst from Te Rapa visitor Flaunting to score a deserved victory.
Lisa was feeling suitably pleased with the result after bringing up her career milestone.
"That's pretty special, although numbers are just a thing as I'm out there to win every race I go in, a stakes race is always a little bit more special," Lisa said.
"I was thinking there was going to be an interesting text when I got back in. Up the straight I was thinking I will have both Danielle and Stephen riding this one so it was just very pleasing to get him to the line. He just tried so hard and you can see that the track conditions are really bad and he was struggling, but he just kept giving.
"I think he is going to be better on top of the ground so it's a true testament to the horse as he's very tough."
The colt has now won three of his eight career starts.
The win also edged Marsh closer to the 100-win mark for the season as he now sits on 97 victories with just the Tauranga meeting next Wednesday to round out the racing season.