Honest galloper Rok Posta gave Cranbourne trainer Nikki Burke her biggest win when he scored a narrow win in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.Burke has had her share of city success but was delighted with the Genuine five-year-old giving her first stakes success.She said she got the gelding after he had had two starts for one placing for Bendigo trainer Jamie Scott."He's done his job even if he never wins another race," she said.Rok Posta won at his first start for Bu

Honest galloper Rok Posta gave Cranbourne trainer Nikki Burke her biggest win when he scored a narrow win in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

Burke has had her share of city success but was delighted with the Genuine five-year-old giving her first stakes success.

She said she got the gelding after he had had two starts for one placing for Bendigo trainer Jamie Scott.

"He's done his job even if he never wins another race," she said.

Rok Posta won at his first start for Burke in a Sale 1208m maiden in March 2007 and has continued to improve with maturity, winning seven races and being placed nine times from 20 starts.

"Every race he runs in he gives his best no matter what he's in," Burke said.

"He's a happy horse, he's a funny fellow who likes to play with his friends in the paddock."

Ridden by Michelle Payne, Rok Posta ($10) held on to score by a nose from another ultra-consistent gelding Orbit Express ($6.50).

Itsamonty ($31) was 1-1/4 lengths away third, a neck ahead of the Dubai-bound Valedictum.

Burke said she hadn't looked beyond the Chester Manifold (1410m) but now that he had won she would talk to the owners regarding backing him up in Monday week's Listed Barton Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Meanwhile, seven-year-old mare Soul Diva landed her second Flemington win since injuring a tendon in the Hobart Cup nearly two years ago and may have another crack at that Group Three race next month.

Six-year-old mare Hey Rosie, who won Saturday's Tauto Hcp (1610m), is also heading towards a Hobart Cup start after she helped apprentice Dean Holland break a run of 34 outs in Melbourne.

Grand Lodge mare Soul Diva suffered the tendon injury when running sixth to Blutigeroo in the 2007 Hobart Cup (2200m) and was sidelined for 15 months before returning to win first-up over 1400m at Flemington in May 2008.

"She's a good mare with a lovely temperament," Mornington trainer Tony Noonan said.

"She'll have another run here in a fortnight which should tighten her up a bit more for either the Mornington Cup or Tassie."

The Mornington Cup (2000m) is on February 18 while the Hobart Cup is on February 9.

Ridden by top apprentice Nick Hall, Soul Diva ($4.20 fav) settled third before getting the upper hand over Hidden Wonder ($10) and scoring by a long neck with Golden Charmer ($26) a neck away third.

"She had a spring campaign and we freshened her up. There is still improvement in her, she had to grind away," Noonan said.

Soul Diva has a good record having won 10 of her 28 starts and more than $300,000 in prizemoney.

Archway mare Hey Rosie survived a protest from Noonan, the trainer of the runner-up Ab Almalik, alleging interference inside the 200m mark.

The Greg Eurell-trained Hey Rosie ($14) scored by a long head from Ab Almalik ($7.50) with God's Hand ($8.50) a length away third.