Former Tasmanian galloper Life To The Full has crushed a field of Goodwood Handicap hopefuls with a stunning come from behind performance in the Pink Ribbon Cup at Caulfield.Formerly trained by David Brunton, the five-year-old was having his first start for Robert Smerdon in Saturday's 1200m $100,000 race and was near last turning for home before charging home out wide to score by a long neck.While eight runners were nominated for the Goodwood, none were among the placings.The Mick Price-trained

Former Tasmanian galloper Life To The Full has crushed a field of Goodwood Handicap hopefuls with a stunning come from behind performance in the Pink Ribbon Cup at Caulfield.

Formerly trained by David Brunton, the five-year-old was having his first start for Robert Smerdon in Saturday's 1200m $100,000 race and was near last turning for home before charging home out wide to score by a long neck.

While eight runners were nominated for the Goodwood, none were among the placings.

The Mick Price-trained Nine Tales looked set to win 50 metres out but was grabbed near the line and finished second, a half-length ahead of Going Spending.

Diamonds At Dusk was the first Goodwood contender home in fourth place.

Smerdon said he was still learning about Life To The Full but he had a long association with Brunton who sent him the horse after he finished fifth to Lord Tavistock in the Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on March 13.

"I don't know too much about him (Life To The Full) but Dave said pretty much what did happen would happen," Smerdon said.

"He thought he will have two or three behind him at best and he would hit the line good."

Life To The Full was spelled for 10 days at Aquanita's farm at Drysdale to freshen him for his Caulfield assignment which was planned as a lead-up to the Group Three RA Lees Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville on May 2.

"He is a pretty good horse who had won $370,000 before today and this race was to bring him back up to peak fitness before going to Adelaide," Smerdon said.

Life To The Full has won 11 of his 37 starts but Brunton decided that the cost and inconvenience of travelling between Tasmania and Victoria was too great.

For those reasons he also transferred well-performed city-winning mare Lady Lynette to Smerdon last year.

"It is fortunate for us that Dave has decided it doesn't suit to be travelling back and forth with one horse at a time," Smerdon said.

The Pink Ribbon is an ideal lead-up to the Goodwood Handicap (1200m) at Morphettville on May 2 but there were a lot of disappointing trials at Caulfield for the feature.

Diamonds At Dusk (fourth) and Zedi Knight (fifth) were fair efforts but Gran Sasso could only finish seventh, Maxisun, (eighth), Ortayga (ninth), Proart (12th), Beltrois (13th) and Gold In Dubai (14th).

Smerdon finished with a winning Caulfield double when Beyond Pardon, ridden by apprentice Jack Hill, easily scored by 2-1/2 lengths from Cavendish and Amaethon in the Betfair Plate (1400m).

Meanwhile, James Winks had a winning treble after stewards upheld his protest on the David Hayes-trained Reverend Lovejoy against Bird Of Fire who was first across the line in the Altitude Volvo Cup (1600m).

Winks also scored on the Hayes-trained The Fugitive (Kilshery Handicap) and the Peter Snowden-trained Bullbars (Canonise Handicap).