Gold Coast three-year-old Fab Fevola got the prize but the honours were with Sydney-bound runner-up Funtantes following her courageous comeback at Doomben.Fab Fevola made amends for his shock defeat behind Princess Qualo at his first 1200-metre attempt at Doomben two weeks ago by holding off the fast-finishing Funtantes to score by a half-length in Saturday's Ideal Electrical Handicap (1110m).A change in Fab Fevola's trackwork proved a masterstroke by trainer Bryan Guy who deliberately gave the
Gold Coast three-year-old Fab Fevola got the prize but the honours were with Sydney-bound runner-up Funtantes following her courageous comeback at Doomben.
Fab Fevola made amends for his shock defeat behind Princess Qualo at his first 1200-metre attempt at Doomben two weeks ago by holding off the fast-finishing Funtantes to score by a half-length in Saturday's Ideal Electrical Handicap (1110m).
A change in Fab Fevola's trackwork proved a masterstroke by trainer Bryan Guy who deliberately gave the son of Falvelon an easy week prior to him recording his third win from five starts.
"I gave him a hard gallop on the Tuesday before his last race when he got beaten and I think it left him a bit flat," Guy said.
"This time I worked him fast last Saturday and gave him an easy time for the entire week and it paid off."
Prior to his Doomben failure a fortnight ago, Guy tossed up whether to send Fab Fevola to Sydney for Saturday's Group One Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill.
However the defeat left too many questions unanswered, notably whether Fab Fevola could run 1400 metres, so Guy abandoned the Sydney trip.
"I still don't know if he's a 1200-metre horse yet, but I'd like to find out by riding him quiet," Guy said.
"I'll probably give him a break now but I won't rush a decision yet. I'd like to have a go with him at the Magic Millions Trophy.
"I'm still not sure why he got beaten last time but changing his training routine helped but it also could have been the second-up syndrome."
The $1 million Magic Millions Trophy will be run over 1400 metres at the Gold Coast in January.
Meanwhile, trainer Rob Heathcote will head to Sydney full of confidence with Funtantes who was trapped three deep in her first start since finishing sixth in the Group One TJ Smith (1600m) at Eagle Farm in June.
"It was a super run. She sat three deep the whole way and they came home in 34 seconds for the last 600 metres," Heathcote said.
"The only disappointment I had was I thought she might ping a bit better.
"We'll be heading to Sydney now full of confidence after that run."
Funtantes, a four-time winner from nine starts, could also head to Melbourne for the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on October 31 if she performs well in the Listed Heritage Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on September 19 and Group Two Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on October 3.
Earlier Heathcote, who won last season's Brisbane trainers' premiership, was in the winner's list twice with Bell Academy in the Think Pink Think Choices Handicap (2040m) and Kentish Rose in the Kim Walters Choice Program Handicap (1640m).
Both were ridden by Larry Cassidy whose ride on Bell Academy was a gem after he took off and circled the field mid-race to snatch victory by a nose over Chilled.