After Black Caviar destroyed her rivals in the 2011 Lightning Stakes this afternoon, the next race on the Flemington card was the $75,000 Henry Bucks Best Dressed Handicap (1400m) won by Peter Snowden-trained Offenders.

Starting the favourite in the market, Canny Lad gelding Offenders was resuming after a five week spell before which he ran second in the Listed Manifold Stakes over 1400m at Flemington.

Mark Kavanagh’s Imperial Command had the early running from the inside barrier leading the Henry Bucks Handicap field early on.

Soon after it was the Robert Smerdon-trained Barwon Express who hit the front while Rockpecker ridden by Craig Williams settled into second.

Coming around the turn for home Barwon Express was still the leader, but on the straight the back runners began their assault with the likes of Eraset, Niblicks and eventual winner Offenders who had travelled well throughout ridden by Mark Zahra moving up to challenge.

In the final few hundred metres Offenders hit the front and pulled away to win by a length and a half over Robert Hickmott’s Niblick who ran on well.

Finishing off the trifecta was unlucky third placegetter Eraset, the Danny O’Brien-trained Reset gelding getting blocked by Rockpecker on the straight and stopping them from finishing closer.

It was a good first-up run for Eraset in their first appearance since Emirates Stakes Day last spring.

Five-year-old Offenders has now won five of their 21 career starts for over $270,000 in prize money.

There is one final race left on the Lightning Stakes Day card for 2011, with Flemington Race 8 the $70,000 Gurner’s Lane Handicap (1700m) due to bring things to a close at 5:30pm (AEDST).

Check the odds out at Luxbet now and give yourself another chance to enjoy a win this Saturday.

2011 Henry Bucks Best Dressed Finishing Order

Finish	No.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	Margin
1st	9	OFFENDERS(6)	Mark Zahra	Peter Snowden	54.0	1-23.89
2nd	12	NIBLICK(10)	Nicholas Hall	Robert Hickmott	53.5	1.3L
3rd	8	ERASET(2)	Glen Boss	Danny O’Brien	54.0	2.5L
4th	7	NIWOT(8)	Dwayne Dunn	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	54.5	2.6L
5th	4	EXTRA ZERO(9)	Steven Arnold	David Hayes	56.0	2.9L
6th	13	IMPERIAL COMMAND(1)	Glyn Schofield	Mark Kavanagh	53.5	3.2L
7th	2	ROCKPECKER(3)	Craig Williams	Ken Fythe	58.0	4.0L
8th	14	DANDY DOLLAR(4)	Michael Walker	Rick Hore-Lacy	53.5	4.5L
9th	6	SHAMOLINE WARRIOR(11)	Michael Rodd	Mark Kavanagh	55.5	4.8L
10th	5	BARWON EXPRESS(7)	Jack Hill(a2)	Robert Smerdon	53.5	5.5L
11th	10	DE FINE LAGO(5)	Damien Oliver	Tony Vasil	54.0	7.5L
12th	3	SHADOWAYS(12)	Brad Rawiller	Gwenda Johnstone	56.5	27.5L
Src	1	BUCCELLATI	Jake Noonan(a2)	Tony Noonan
Src	11	MILES ABOVE	Luke Nolen	Denis Daffy