Culminate has beaten a top-class field of mares, all possible Tristarc Stakes winners, in Race 9 at Caulfield today with a narrow victory in the $180,000 Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m).

The Darren Weir-trained seven-year-old is a Kiwi-bred mare that was always going to be well suited to the soft ground at Caulfield today, which is why she had been backed late by the punters.

Still going out at a generous starting price of $9, Culminate got up on the inside after the early leaders include front-runner Live In Sin started to fade.

Ridden beautifully by Michael Waller, Culminate kicked back well and stormed home, holding on to beat a gallant runner-up Jersey Lily ($10) by a neck with Marquardt ($11) in third.

The final race to close proceedings at Caulfield Cup Day this afternoon is Race 10 – the $70,000 Carlton Draught Plate (1000m) set to jump at 5:30pm (AEDST).

There is still time to win big at Caulfield today, so head to [sportsbet] now to get great odds and give yourself one last chance to clean up.

2010 Tristarc Stakes Finishing Order

Finish	No.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	Margin
1st	3	CULMINATE(2)	Michael Walker	Darren Weir	56.5	1-26.51
2nd	15	JERSEY LILY(8)	Craig Williams	Les Bridge	53.0	0.5L
3rd	7	MARQUARDT(6)	Craig Newitt	John P Thompson	56.5	1.3L
4th	16	VENUS WORLD(13)	M R du Plessis	Brian Jenkins	53.0	2.5L
5th	5	NO EVIDENCE NEEDED(12)	James Winks	John P Thompson	56.5	3.3L
6th	12	BELIEVE ‘N ACHIEVE(5)	Michael Rodd	Mark Kavanagh	54.0	3.5L
7th	6	MONTANA FLYER(4)	Nash Rawiller	Gai Waterhouse	56.5	5.7L
8th	10	HAPPY HIPPY(11)	Dean Holland	John P Thompson	55.5	7.2L
9th	11	DYSPHONIA(7)	Blake Shinn	Peter Snowden	54.0	7.4L
10th	4	AMBERINO(1)	Danny Nikolic	John Moloney	56.5	10.9L
11th	13	LIVE IN SIN(10)	Luke Nolen	Peter G Moody	53.0	12.7L
12th	8	I’M A HUSSY(9)	Ben Melham	David & Scott Brunton	56.5	13.1L
13th	14	ALOHA(14)	Glen Boss	Mick Price	53.0	13.8L
14th	9	EUROPA POINT(3)	Damien Oliver	Lee Freedman	55.5	33.8L
Src	1	HOT DANISH	Tim Clark	Les Bridge
Src	2	PALACIO DE CRISTAL	Dwayne Dunn	Grahame Begg