Brisbane Cup-winning trainer Len Morton was the proudest father in the country after watching Perth stayer Scenic Shot score a memorable win in the Group One Doomben Cup.Scenic Shot, ridden by Queensland jockey Shane Scriven, stormed home to down Sydney star Racing To Win by just a nose in Saturday's 2020-metre feature.New Zealand stayer Sir Slick once again tried valiantly to lead all the way and held on strongly to fill the minor placing a further three-quarters of a length away, just ahead of

Brisbane Cup-winning trainer Len Morton was the proudest father in the country after watching Perth stayer Scenic Shot score a memorable win in the Group One Doomben Cup.

Scenic Shot, ridden by Queensland jockey Shane Scriven, stormed home to down Sydney star Racing To Win by just a nose in Saturday's 2020-metre feature.

New Zealand stayer Sir Slick once again tried valiantly to lead all the way and held on strongly to fill the minor placing a further three-quarters of a length away, just ahead of the favourite Triple Honour.

Morton trained the 1978 Brisbane Cup winner Muros but after a successful career decided to stand down and hand over the training reins to his son, Daniel.

Daniel Morton brought Scenic Shot to Queensland last year when he won the Group Two Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast and Group Two O'Shea Stakes at Eagle Farm but watched Saturday's race from Perth where he's preparing Newmarket Handicap winner Scenic Blast for his upcoming trip to England.

Len Morton said Scenic Shot's Doomben Cup victory gave him a bigger thrill than when he won the Brisbane Cup with Muros.

"If ever a horse deserved to win a Group One it's this bloke," Morton said.

"It's a great thrill to win it. I stood aside four years ago to let Dan have a go at training.

"For him to make a good fist of training and win Group One races make you very proud as a parent."

Scriven's Doomben Cup victory was his fourth win at the top level but was long overdue.

"I won three Group Ones very early in my career but this one has been a long time coming," Scriven said.

"I think the my last Group One was with Prince Salieri in the Underwood Stakes (in 1992).

Scriven thanked rival riders Glen Colless and Damien Oliver who gave him valuable advice after they had ridden the six-year-old previously in his career.

"Both of them told me this horse is capable of putting in a bad run and for some reason he didn't put in his best last time in the Hollindale Stakes," he said.

"This horse fights like a caged lion and I thought I had their measure at the top of the straight."

Sydney trainer John O'Shea thought Racing To Win had got the photo decision over Scenic Shot.

"I thought he had got to the front for sure but it was still a good performance," O'Shea said.

"He'll go for a spell now."

Jockey Hugh Bowman, who won the first Group One win of his career on Defier in the 2004 Doomben Cup, also thought the six-year-old had won.

"The winner was too tough for him today but missing a run cost him," he said.