Victorian Superstar Conquers The West In Style

SIMON Told Helen secured the second group 1 of his career with a superb sprinting performance in Saturday's Group 1 Perth Cup Final at Cannington.

SIMON Told Helen secured the second group 1 of his career with a superb sprinting performance in Saturday night's Group 1 Sky Racing Perth Cup Final (520m) at Cannington.

Going into the $150,000 to-the-winner Perth Cup decider as the lone interstate runner, the David Burnett-trained son of Barcia Bale was by far the class runner, the budding superstar already the winner of four group races in his brief, yet spectacular career.

And after beginning brilliantly out in box seven, Simon Told Helen was well on his way to adding another group 1 win to his blossoming resume.

Rattling off remarkable sectionals of 5.37 and 18.15, Simon Told Helen stopped the clock to score in 29.82, an incredible performance given the Perth Cup wasn't even on trainer David Burnett's radar 3 1/2 weeks ago.

Thundering home to record a half-length second in the showpiece event was hugely exciting prospect Zack Monelli for Dave Hobby, while third was Buster The Brute for Steve and Krystal Shinners, another one-and-a-quarter lengths away.

Saturday night's Perth Cup triumph took Simon Told Helen's record to 12 wins from 19 starts with his stake earnings now $422,955.

His group 1 Perth Cup and Silver Chief wins sit beside fellow group races successes in the group 2 Queensland Derby and group 3 Cup Night Sprint and group 3 Great Chase.

All is now on song for a tilt at the upcoming Group 1 Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park which gets underway on March 28.

On a glorious night of racing in the west, the group 1 Galaxy Final saw the Paul Stuart-trained Rockstar Patriot make it back-to-back wins in the $100,000 to-the-winner staying feature.

In last year's Galaxy series Rockstar Patriot finished third in a heat before stepping out from box in the final to upstage champion Tornado Tears in 42.00.

And, remarkably, this year's Galaxy triumph was very much the same.

Again finishing in a heat, Rockstar Patriot landed the rich staying feature from box six by a length in 41.98, an almost identical time and margin he recorded to annex last year's event.

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