On a day to remember for young rider Blake Spriggs, the 18-year-old brought home five winners at Rosehill including his first stakes victory aboard Mr Unforgettable.The Kevin Moses-trained gelding returned from a serious illness which marred his Queensland winter campaign to take out Saturday's Listed Winter Stakes (1500m).Mr Unforgettable ($14) outgunned Melbourne visitor Ghostmilk ($4.80) to win by a long head with $4 favourite Adnocon a nose away third.Moses, a three-time Sydney premiership w

On a day to remember for young rider Blake Spriggs, the 18-year-old brought home five winners at Rosehill including his first stakes victory aboard Mr Unforgettable.

The Kevin Moses-trained gelding returned from a serious illness which marred his Queensland winter campaign to take out Saturday's Listed Winter Stakes (1500m).

Mr Unforgettable ($14) outgunned Melbourne visitor Ghostmilk ($4.80) to win by a long head with $4 favourite Adnocon a nose away third.

Moses, a three-time Sydney premiership winning jockey who also claimed an apprentices' title, was full of praise for Spriggs and for his horse.

"Blake is riding very well and should continue to do so," Moses said.

"And it's great to see Mr Unforgettable win again.

"I took him to Queensland because I thought he would be a chance in the Stradbroke.

"But he got sick with a really bad virus. He ran fifth in a lead-up race and the vet who looked at him after the race couldn't believe he'd been able to do that.

"We left the horse up there to recover and I really have to thank (trainer) Alan Bailey who looked after him at his place."

The win helped make up for the lost opportunities in Brisbane and also for Mr Unforgettable's third in the 2009 Winter Stakes.

Miss Independent brought up Spriggs' fifth winner for the day to equal the feat by Jay Ford in 2004 when he became the first junior rider since Wayne Harris 26 years earlier to ride a quintet.

Spriggs, the son of respected Newcastle jockey Dale Spriggs and his wife Leanda, is riding on a three-month contract with Gai Waterhouse.

His first winner for the day, Crossbow, was also his first Saturday success for Waterhouse who is keen to extend his stay.

"He's a natural lightweight and I would love him to extend his stay," she said.

"We haven't sat down and talked about it yet but we will.

"He is the most exciting apprentice we've had in Sydney since Shane Dye."

Spriggs said he could hardly believe what was happening.

"It is an unbelievable day," Spriggs said.

"To be able to compete in a Listed race against Nash (Rawiller) and Corey (Brown) and do it without a claim is special."

The day brought another milestone for Spriggs whose metropolitan claim will be reduced to two kilograms from the next meeting.

Moses thought the reduction might be a disadvantage to Spriggs heading to the new season.

"It might have happened a little early," Moses said.

"If it was next month he would still have his three-kilo claim and would take the apprentices' title with it.

"Mind you, the year I won the apprentices' title I beat Johnny Duggan.

"He came out of his time in January and I only beat him by two!"