On Saturday Doomben hosted the $200 000 Group 3 George Moore Stakes where the Barry Baldwin-trained sprinter Burdekin Blues claimed a dazzling all-the-way victory.

Ridden by Shane Scriven the speedy Burdekin Blues ($3.20), winner of the Express Way Stakes, defeated a brave Zero Rock ($7.50), who chased the early leader and eventual leader the whole race, by three-quarters-of-a-length with the ever-consistent Forestreno ($15) another length back in third.

The five-year-old winner clocked a scintillating 1:8.05 seconds over the 1200m, less than two tenths of a second outside the track record. The son of Sequalo now boasts an impressive race record of 10 wins from 17 career starts for prize earnings of over $585 000.

It was a devastating run for The Jackal, the topweight only managing to finish seventh after missing the start, unable to make up enough ground to come into contention.

Baldwin has said there is a high possibility Burdekin Blues will now be aimed at the Bat Out of Hell (900m) on January 2 at the Gold Coast in the lead-up to his ultimate goal, the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1100m) at Flemington in February.

2009 George Moore Stakes Results:

Place	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	BURDEKIN BLUES	Shane Scriven	Barry Baldwin
2	ZERO ROCK	Brad Pengelly	Kelso Wood
3	FORESTRENO	Joe Bowditch	Phil McLeod
4	GHETTO BLASTER	Brad Stewart	Gillian Heinrich
5	KENNY?S WORLD	Matthew Palmer	Graeme Murray
6	EIRE OF MAGIC	Paul Hammersley	David Kelly
7	THE JACKAL	Robert Thompson	Paul St Vincent
8	SOMMERSEA DRIVE	Larry Cassidy	Trevor Miller
9	BLACK PRINCE	Jim Byrne	Joseph Pride
10	MR HORNBLOWER	Andrew Sprinks	Tracy Green
11	FROSTY	Scott Seamer	Brian Wakefield
12	BOCUSE	Stathi Katsidis	Rodney Douglas
13	REGAL CASTANEA	Anthony Pattillo	Ron Macrae
14	ROCKDALE	Luke Rolls	John Morrisey
15	SOILED	Peter Robol	Jason Coyle