Horsham trainer Paul Preusker claimed victory at the Werribee Cup on Sunday with an impressive run from a steadily improving thoroughbred.
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Six-year-old Rupture started as a short-priced favourite for the day's main event and didn't disappoint, winning the $125,000 race by three-quarters of a length.
The victory continued an excellent year for the Preusker stable, who had its first Melbourne Cup runner in November.
Preusker said the 2000 metre race was "for sure" Rupture's best run.
"Full credit to this horse, it just keeps standing up and thriving on racing. You really respect these horses and it's good to see them rewarded," Preusker said after the race on Sunday.
"He just keeps fronting up and getting better."
It has been an impressive streak for Rupture since joining Preusker's stable last year.
The lightly-raced gelding spelled for 42 weeks before its first competitive race with Preusker in June.
Since making its return, Rupture has won five of its last nine starts, including the $60,000 Hamilton Cup (2200m) on October 12.
Preusker hoped the horse's best was still to come.
"I look forward to really one day taking the blinkers off, switching him off and seeing what he can get out to," Preusker said.
"He's a really good jumper and I'd like to see him with the blinkers off, I think he'd settle better and get over more ground, which opens the doors up a little bit for him as well.
"We'll give him a rest shortly for a week or two and come with a different attack, but it's hard to tip them when he's thriving.
"At the moment we're just enjoying a good ride."
Preusker also praised the ride by 20-year-old apprentice jockey Michael Poy.
Rupture settled off the pace in the slowly ran race, as outsider and Stawell trainer Dane Smith's Tre Dieci took an early lead.
But Rupture drew level and seized the lead in the final 150 metres, finishing the quickest across the final straight to claim victory.
"Credit to the kid, beautiful ride," Preusker said.
"He got back a little further than we wanted but that's what good jockeys are about. He picked the spot and could've overdone it quite easily, but he made the right choice."
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