Trainer Alan Bailey will target next year's winter carnival riches after predicting a bright future for giant three-year-old Rokatoko following his spectacular debut win at Doomben.Rokatoko settled fourth in the early stages before strolling to a five-length win over Big Boori in Wednesday's Glenlogan Maiden (1200m).Rokatoko was bred at Westminster Stud in NSW but didn't go through the sale ring as a yearling before he was sent to Bailey at the Gold Coast.Bailey took an instant liking to Rokatok

Trainer Alan Bailey will target next year's winter carnival riches after predicting a bright future for giant three-year-old Rokatoko following his spectacular debut win at Doomben.

Rokatoko settled fourth in the early stages before strolling to a five-length win over Big Boori in Wednesday's Glenlogan Maiden (1200m).

Rokatoko was bred at Westminster Stud in NSW but didn't go through the sale ring as a yearling before he was sent to Bailey at the Gold Coast.

Bailey took an instant liking to Rokatoko as he trained the gelding's mother Crestfallen who was a good performer on the racetrack, winning seven times.

Crestfallen was placed four times at Listed level and was runner-up to Bonanova in the Group Three Winter Stakes (1500m) at Eagle Farm in 2000.

Rokatoko, a son of Fastnet Rock, will have one more start before Bailey puts him away during the summer to prepare for the winter carnival.

"He never went through the sale ring so we don't have to rush him," Bailey said.

"He's a big horse and a lot like his mother who I used to train.

"She started her career with Bill Mitchell in Sydney and she came to me after she had a couple of wins and a few placings in Sydney.

"He should make a good carnival horse next year depending on what he does in the meantime."

Earlier, former Brisbane rugby league star and hotelier Peter Falvey broke an 18-year drought as an owner when the Barry Baldwin-trained Flaxen Belle scored by three-quarters of a length in the Fujitsu Maiden (1200m).

Falvey was a winger and played alongside champion Wally Lewis when Fortitude Valley beat the Wayne Bennett-led Souths 26-nil in the Brisbane rugby league grand final in 1979.

Falvey paid $20,000 at the Inglis Sales in Sydney for Flaxen Belle whose win was his first since News Exclusive scored at Eagle Farm in November 1991.

"I bought her as a 50th birthday present for my wife, Kim, but our son, Michael, also has an interest and this is his first winner as an owner," Falvey said.

"It's been a long time since I've been here in the winner's stall.

"I gave the game away for a few years because of the kids, running pubs and a paper at Logan City."

Flaxen Belle's win also proved timely as Falvey celebrates his 56th birthday on Thursday.

He was an avid racegoer and owner before he gave the game away because of his family and work commitments.

He owned a number of horses and two of his best were Neptune's Court, who won the 1983 Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba, and dual Sydney winner Allamanda Boy who finished his career with 10 wins from 29 starts.