Talented two-year-old Weatherly has justified his big support from punters at Flemington this afternoon; producing a scintillating turn of foot to comfortably take out the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m).

Weatherly was allocated the wide barrier 16 for the Talindert Stakes earlier this week and appeared to be up against it from the outset this afternoon after missing the start.

Electing to stay on the outside rail as Want To Rock, Brittany and Call Me Tess held the pace inside the track, jockey Craig Williams allowed the Beneteau colt to stride forward before settling into a good tempo in transit.

Immediately responding when asked for an extra effort with 250m to run, Weatherly savaged the line for a comfortable one and a half length win over closest rival Conscious.

Trainer Paul Messara was understandably thrilled with Weatherly’s performance for success in the Talindert Stakes but revealed a decision is yet to be made as to whether or not he will back up in next weekend’s Group 1 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

“He did a little bit wrong – was slow from the gates, had his head to the side and the horse next to him played up and that didn’t help us,” Messara said.

“But he showed a lot of class today, pure speed this horse and he’s pretty untapped at this point so pretty exciting going forward.

“He has a very high cruising speed and finds it pretty easy. Just delighted to be able to train this horse.”

Williams delivered a typically strong performance aboard Weatherly for success in the Talindert Stakes and believes the sky is the limited for the exciting colt.

“He was still a little bit awkward today,” Williams said.

“The horse outside him came in and got upset, and then he went to tell off the horse, wasn’t ready and came off slow again.

“I just let him rest, come down the middle with the other two. He’s pretty exciting.

“He’s just got that x-factor and could be pretty special. He’s a beautiful looking horse, he has great temperament and most important he’s got great ability.”

Punters who backed Weatherly to win the 2016 Talindert Stakes with leading online bookie Ladbrokes.com.au have been paid out on generous $6.50 odds for success!

2016 Talindert Stakes Results

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	3	WEATHERLY	Paul Messara	Craig Williams	–	14	56kg	$6.50
2	16	CONSCIOUS	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	1.5L	15	54kg	$17
3	1	JACKSON	Tony McEvoy	Mark Zahra	4.75L	7	58kg	$11
4	5	BATTLE ORDER	Mick Price	Craig Newitt	5.25L	5	56kg	$21
5	10	CALL ME TESS	John Moloney	Mr Patrick Moloney (a)	6.25L	8	54kg	$13
6	17e	CLOCKWORK ORANGE	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Damian Lane	6.45L	12	54kg	$5F
7	8	WANT TO ROCK	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Ms Katelyn Mallyon	6.55L	9	55kg	$6
8	2	HAVILDAR	Ciaron Maher	Ms Michelle Payne	7.3L	10	56kg	$11
9	9	PEARL CONGENIAL	Robert Smerdon	Dwayne Dunn	7.5L	13	54kg	$9
10	6	HAPPY HALLOWEEN	Jerome Hunter	Chris Symons	8L	6	56kg	$26
11	14	POP	Clinton McDonald	Damien Oliver	9L	4	54kg (cd 54.5kg)	$31
12	15	PLENTY TO LIKE	Murray Johnson	Steven King	9.2L	1	54kg	$101
13	11	BRITTANY	John O’Shea	James McDonald	9.95L	2	54kg	$9
14	13	RAMENSKY	Dean Krongold	Daniel Stackhouse	11.95L	11	54kg	$41
15	7	SHAQ (NZ)	Brent Stanley	James Winks	19.95L	3	56kg	$51