Underrated gelding Soul is on track for stardom after upstaging a crack field of three-year-olds in the Group Two Danehill Stakes at Flemington.Trained by Peter Snowden, the son of Commands raced without cover up the straight in Saturday's 1200m feature and was convincing as jockey Mark Zahra pushed him out to beat dual Group-placed Brisbane gelding Buffering, ridden by Dan Nikolic, by three-quarters of a length.Jim Cassidy got the best out of General Truce who was a short neck away third while

Underrated gelding Soul is on track for stardom after upstaging a crack field of three-year-olds in the Group Two Danehill Stakes at Flemington.

Trained by Peter Snowden, the son of Commands raced without cover up the straight in Saturday's 1200m feature and was convincing as jockey Mark Zahra pushed him out to beat dual Group-placed Brisbane gelding Buffering, ridden by Dan Nikolic, by three-quarters of a length.

Jim Cassidy got the best out of General Truce who was a short neck away third while Smokin' Joey ran on well for fourth ahead of Rekindled Interest and Gold Coast Magic Millions winner Military Rose.

Paul Snowden said that the stable had always had faith that Soul was a star in the making and there were now thoughts of a freshen-up and a crack at the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) on Derby Day.

"He's just the ultimate little racehorse," Snowden said.

"He is in the same mould as Aichi who won this race for us a couple a years ago."

Soul has won twice and been placed second twice in just four starts but it took three preparations to get him to the track.

"Early on he was a very small, nuggety type and didn't have a lot of scope," Snowden recalled.

"This campaign he had a couple trials into a first-up run and he showed he was up to it.

"He would jump and ping away and when he led up at his first start the writing was on the board."

Snowden wouldn't be drawn on the possibility of Soul heading towards the Caulfield Guineas, mindful that he has been racing over the winter and his campaign could be just about to end.

"Probably every run from now on is pretty much a grand final for him," Snowden said.

"We will take it race by race from now on and if he is telling us he has had enough he will go to the paddock.

"He might even have a freshen-up and come back for the Coolmore as straight racing suits him 100 per cent.

"Wet or dry you can put him anywhere he wants, on the speed or ride him quiet.

"He is a little professional and I think next autumn he will be a serious horse."

Zahra said Soul's performance was akin to a track gallop.

"He was always travelling. When he hit the front he wandered around but did the job on the line," he said.

Soul started $3.60 favourite on the back on his last-start second to Toorak Toff in the Listed Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield three weeks ago.

Military Rose's jockey Dwayne Dunn said the Danehill run would improve her.