Trainer Matthew Smith celebrated his first Group One win when Hurtle Myrtle stormed to victory in the Myer Classic at Flemington on Saturday.The five-year-old eased in betting from $13 to $16 after drawing off the track but Damien Oliver gave her a superb ride from gate 13 to land the second leg of his own Group One double on Derby Day.He had earlier won the Mackinnon Stakes on Glass Harmonium as he commemorated the ninth anniversary of the death of his jockey brother Jason.Oliver has now ridden

Trainer Matthew Smith celebrated his first Group One win when Hurtle Myrtle stormed to victory in the Myer Classic at Flemington on Saturday.

The five-year-old eased in betting from $13 to $16 after drawing off the track but Damien Oliver gave her a superb ride from gate 13 to land the second leg of his own Group One double on Derby Day.

He had earlier won the Mackinnon Stakes on Glass Harmonium as he commemorated the ninth anniversary of the death of his jockey brother Jason.

Oliver has now ridden more than 90 Group One winners.

His last Group One before Saturday was on the ill-fated Cedarberg in The BMW at Rosehill on April 2.

Hurtle Myrtle settled in the second half of the field but was in a winning position coming to the home turn and beat off 2010 Myer winner Sacred Choice to score by 1-1/4 lengths with Dysphonia a short neck away third.

Oliver was familiar with Hurtle Myrtle after winning on her in the Group Two Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on April 9 and gave Smith confidence she could win the Myer after she worked brilliantly at Flemington last Tuesday.

"It's a dream come true," Smith said.

"It is a great day to win your first Group One, a day like this.

"This is what you aim for as a trainer."

Smith is a former stable foreman for Bart Cummings and also worked for trainers in England and Ireland, including Aidan O'Brien, as well as in America.

Smith said Hurtle Myrtle's two runs this campaign when second in Sydney's Group Two Premiere Stakes and a close-up fifth in the Group Three Betfair Stakes at Caulfield showed she had come back in career-best form.

She showed a lot of ability as a young horse but the Myer was her first run over 1600 metres since she finished third to More Joyous in the Group One Flight Stakes two years ago.

"More Joyous is a champion and she has beaten us a couple of times but this mare (Hurtle Myrtle) is a bit more mature now," Smith said.

More Joyous finished seventh in the Myer after leading.

Oliver said he couldn't have asked to ride a fitter horse on Derby Day.

"This is the second time I have ridden her and both times she has been in magnificent order," Oliver said.

"We got over nicely and got a bit of cover, and she really towed me into the race and was going to be a big chance a long way out."

Oliver was thrilled with his return to Group One winning form at the Melbourne Cup carnival.

"It has been a bit lean for me, the Flemington carnival in recent years so it's nice to get amongst the big races again," he said.