Newhaven Park Stud owned filly Invest built on her last start Group 1 SAJC Schweppes Oaks win in Brisbane today, adding the Group 3 BRC Doomben Roses (2000m) to her blossoming resume.

Lucky owners Barrie and Midge Griffiths celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary when Formidable scored an upset win over odds-on favourite If I Could at Flemington.

One positive might yet come from the scourge of equine influenza - the virus that shut down the sport, forced many industry players on to the unemployment queue and cost Sydney racing a spring carnival.