Gold Coast sprinter Albert The Fat delivered a knockout blow to several winter carnival stars and gave rookie trainer Eden Petrie his first Group One victory in the BTC Cup at Doomben.Albert The Fat ($21), ridden a perfect race by Damian Browne, stormed home after having only four runners behind him at the 600 metres to down Melito ($5.50) by a nose in the 1200-metre feature.The Bart Cummings-trained Latin News ($17) was a long neck away third.Albert The Fat's victory continued the race's hoodoo

Gold Coast sprinter Albert The Fat delivered a knockout blow to several winter carnival stars and gave rookie trainer Eden Petrie his first Group One victory in the BTC Cup at Doomben.

Albert The Fat ($21), ridden a perfect race by Damian Browne, stormed home after having only four runners behind him at the 600 metres to down Melito ($5.50) by a nose in the 1200-metre feature.

The Bart Cummings-trained Latin News ($17) was a long neck away third.

Albert The Fat's victory continued the race's hoodoo for fillies with none successful since it became a weight-for-age event in 1991.

Petrie did a long apprenticeship, working for 16 years as foreman for Gold Coast trainer John Wallace, before branching out on his own to train in October 2008.

Until the BTC Sprint, Petrie had saddled only one runner in a Group One with Zilzie who failed in last year's Winter Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

Albert The Fat had threatened to win a major sprint while under Petrie's care for some time but the 39-year-old trainer didn't expect it to come so soon.

"This is unbelievable. I just can't believe it," Petrie said.

Petrie conceded Albert The Fat, who was taken to Sydney last spring, almost didn't made it to the BTC Cup after he was beaten badly in the Magic Millions Sprint (1000m) at the Gold Coast last January.

"We found he had a niggling injury after the Magic Millions race so there was no point going any further with him," Petrie said.

"I was disappointed with him that day so I gave him a couple of weeks off and brought him back in time for the winter races.

"I knew he was spot-on and had improved a lot since he ran third last start.

"Today was D-Day for him. If he didn't race well I'd take him back a step or two but finally the penny has dropped with him."

Petrie will now target the Group One Doomben 10,000 (1350m) on May 29 before a likely shot at the Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 12.

Browne, who collected his third Group One, is still restricted to four rides a day after badly breaking his leg in a race fall several years ago.

"He was always travelling well and I wasn't worried at any stage," he said.

Melito's trainer Gerald Ryan and jockey Blake Shinn were confident the filly could get her revenge in the Doomben 10,000.

"She's got a big head but it's not quite big enough," Ryan said.

"She ran terrific. She's a great filly who takes her form everywhere.

"She should have won a Group One in Melbourne and she's gone very close in this."

Shinn felt Melito, who was coming off a second in the Group One All-Aged Stakes at Randwick last month, was crowded on the inside and would do better racing on the outside in her future races.

Trainer Tony Noonan wasn't disappointed despite the $2.90 favourite Ortensia's moderate effort to finish fifth.

Noonan always feared Ortensia could be vulnerable in the BTC Cup and also expects a better showing if she is allowed to race on the outside.

"She was on the inside of most of them and couldn't get out," Noonan said.

"I was happy with the run and she'll go on to the 10,000 next."