The Group One dream for trainer Diane Poidevin-Laine came alive again when Get Up Jude earned a start in next week's Metropolitan Handicap with a determined victory in the Colin Stephen Quality at Randwick.A close third in the Listed Winter Cup had been Get Up Jude's best performance in open company and he went into the 2400m Group One race at $12 with Fiumicino the $2.50 favourite.While Fiumicino was back behind horses trying to find a run, Blake Shinn brought Get Up Jude out of the pack and se

The Group One dream for trainer Diane Poidevin-Laine came alive again when Get Up Jude earned a start in next week's Metropolitan Handicap with a determined victory in the Colin Stephen Quality at Randwick.

A close third in the Listed Winter Cup had been Get Up Jude's best performance in open company and he went into the 2400m Group One race at $12 with Fiumicino the $2.50 favourite.

While Fiumicino was back behind horses trying to find a run, Blake Shinn brought Get Up Jude out of the pack and settled down to fight it out with Tangalooma ($4.60).

Get Up Jude prevailed by a head with Fiumicino carrying his top weight of 60.5kg to third, 1-1/2 lengths away.

Poidevin-Laine was represented by her husband Carl Poidevin who said they had never lost heart despite the five-year-old's unplaced runs at his first two starts this campaign.

"Everybody panicked but Diane has set the horse for the Metropolitan and he is in it now," Poidevin said.

"He's undefeated at a mile and a half (2400m) at Randwick and it was a big effort taking on this class."

Get Up Jude does most of his training on a beach on the NSW south coast and rarely goes to the track.

"He does all his work there," Poidevin said.

"We take the horses to the beach three or four times a week and they seem to enjoy it and it sharpens them up.

"He has had the work poured into him this week and it has paid off."

Prominent owner Nick Moraitis was disappointed Fiumicino didn't win but encouraged by the report from jockey Glen Boss.

"Glen said it was a fantastic trial for next week. He couldn't get out and with that weight it made it hard," Moraitis said.

The Anthony Cummings-trained Red Lord remains favourite for the Metropolitan following a solid hitout in a barrier trial to tune him up for his Group One assignment.