Three-year-old Wanted finally delivered the Group One victory he had promised for so long when he led virtually all the way to win the $1 million Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.The 1200m feature was run in almost dark conditions and only seconds before a huge hail storm hit Flemington.It flooded the racecourse causing the remaining three races on Saturday's program to be abandoned including the $1 million Australian Cup and the $750,000 Australian Guineas.The Newmarket win was a triumph for le

Three-year-old Wanted finally delivered the Group One victory he had promised for so long when he led virtually all the way to win the $1 million Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.

The 1200m feature was run in almost dark conditions and only seconds before a huge hail storm hit Flemington.

It flooded the racecourse causing the remaining three races on Saturday's program to be abandoned including the $1 million Australian Cup and the $750,000 Australian Guineas.

The Newmarket win was a triumph for leading trainer Peter Moody, who had four of the 19 runners, and his number one stable jockey Luke Nolen who have combined to win five Group One races so far this season.

Wanted ($13) jumped well from barrier seven and went straight to the front out on the crown of the track.

He appeared to be headed momentarily by Eagle Falls ($10) but he found plenty under pressure to kick back and score by a length with Starspangledbanner ($8.50) a neck away third.

Wanted had finished runner-up in three successive Group One races before a last-start fourth to Starspangledbanner in the Oakleigh Plate.

Both Moody and Nolen gave Wanted a huge wrap.

"He's so consistent and deserving of a Group One," Nolen said.

Moody said: "He's one of the best sprinters in the land and on today's performance there's probably no better sprinter in Australia."

"I'm very happy. We've had a frustrating run of placings in big races with this bloke and it was great to get a Group One on his resume.

"He'll probably go to Sydney for the T J Smith now, but we'll sit back and think about it.

"Today is the day we wanted. We were beaten by a freakish performance (by Nicconi) in the Lightning and we were probably a tad greedy running him in the two (Group One races) in between but thankfully he's bounced back today."

Formerly with the John O'Shea stable at Randwick as a two-year-old, Wanted had won two races including the Group Three Kindergarten Stakes.

After finishing 10th to Phelan Ready in the 2009 Golden Slipper he ended up with Moody.

The honest sprinter has finished further back than fourth only once in nine starts since coming to Melbourne but Saturday's win was his first for Moody.

Moody told Nolen to let the colt run in contrast to his past efforts.

"I said `don't fight him, just let him run'," Moody said.

"I thought he was a better chaser but maybe we've been proved wrong with his last eight runs."

All Silent, sent out the $6.50 favourite, finished only 11th but jockey Nick Hall said the race didn't work out for his mount.

"The plan was for El Segundo and Nicconi to take me into the race but they didn't take me far," he said.

El Segundo finished 15th with Nicconi 14th.

Danny Nikolic was very happy with Caulfield Guineas and Oakleigh Plate winner Starspangledbanner's effort but felt the colt was now looking for further.

The three-year-old was having his last start for the Leon Corstens stable after 95 per cent of the colt was recently sold to Coolmore Stud for $10.25 million.

He is bound for champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien.

"He raced today as though 1400m or a mile (1600m) would suit him," Nikolic said.

"I have no doubt if they step him up to those distances, that's when Aidan will get the best out of him.

"He came off the bridle at about the 400m and we were lucky to run in the first four, but he kept putting his head out like only he knows how to."