The punters came late for Mick Bell’s veteran mudlark Jungle Edge in the Group 3 $128,000 Neds Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday and the rising 10-year-old didn’t disappoint celebrating yet another wet track win in the feature.

Jungle Edge (pictured at Morphettville) relished the wet at Caulfield to take out the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes. Photo: Jenny Barnes.

The punters came late for Mick Bell’s veteran mudlark Jungle Edge in the Group 3 $128,000 Neds Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday and the rising 10-year-old didn’t disappoint celebrating yet another wet track win in the feature.

Having his 82^nd career start, the popular Dubawi gelding again proved to be the horse that just keeps on giving jumping as the sort-priced favourite in the 2020 Sir John Monash Stakes run on a recently downgraded Heavy (8) track.

The wet-track warhorse had conditions to suit and relished the going, Jungle Edge going on to celebrate win number 19 and take his earnings up over $1.7 million.

Jockey Jade Darose also made history in the Sir John Monash Stakes results as the first female rider to win the event this century.

Darose had Jungle Edge settled in the perfect position second to the pacemaker Tavisan throughout, taking him up the middle of the track once on the straight to get to the front.

The horse was full bore at the 200m, Viridine ($3.10) on his back and chasing, but nothing was catching the gun old galloper who charged home for a three-quarter length win over James Cummings’ last-start Winter Dash winner.

There was a gap back to third with the Paul Preusker-trained I Am Someone ($8.50) finishing two and a quarter-lengths back to round out the Sir John Monash Stakes trifecta.

2020 Sir John Monash Stakes Results

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose		6	58.5kg		$2.60F
	2	2	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	0.75L	2	58.5kg		$3.10
	3	6	I AM SOMEONE	Paul Preusker	Declan Bates	2.25L	3	58.5kg		$8.50
	4	3	ASHLOR	Dan McCarthy	Daniel Stackhouse	2.45L	8	58.5kg		$13
	5	5	INTUITION	Kurt Goldman	Dwayne Dunn	2.75L	7	58.5kg		$26
	6	7	TAVISAN (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ben Melham	4L	4	58.5kg		$10
	7	8	SPIRIT OF AQUADA	Gareth Andrews	Luke Nolen	4.75L	5	58.5kg		$71
	8	9	GREY SHADOW	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	5.25L	1	56.5kg		$12
		4	SNITZKRAFT	Phillip Stokes	Jye McNeil		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.