And it's equally a measure of the son of 2009 Melbourne Cup Shocking's immense ability that he was able to complete such an assignment so convincingly.

Here To Shock, ridden by Liam Riordan, was able to settle nicely behind the leaders and was doing his best work late, powering away to a 1.8 length win over the smart Patrick Payne-trained gelding Imperial Hilton, who was looking to go back-to-back following an impressive win on debut at Ballarat earlier in the month, with Torbrek back in third.

The well-backed Kohli and Better Kick, also both coming off last-start wins, finished well back in the field.

A classy effort from Here To Shock, which followed a third on debut at Geelong earlier in the month over 1200m, was plenty to suggest the colt has a bright future in store.

While his win might have come as a shock to punters, as evidenced by his $26 starting price, it was none at all to his Sutton Grange trainer.

"He's quite a smart horse; he ran against the pattern at Geelong (on November 7), he came from last and ran third and ran super sectionals and it was too short for him," Stanley told broadcaster Racing.com.

He took great benefit out of the run, hence why I went to a (benchmark ) 64 (over 1400m).

"We did (think he would be hard to beat). Liam did a good job, he knows the horse quite well, so we were quietly confidently."

Stanley, who only recently notched his 200th career win as a trainer, hinted Here To Shock was unlikely to race again until next year.

"We will probably put him away now because I think he's above average once he gets to a mile and beyond," he said.

"There are some fairly handy races for him once we get into the new year.

"Fingers crossed, it's been a while since I had a decent one."

Equally convinced of the colt's talent and potential was winning jockey Riordan, who has ridden him in both race starts.

"He's pretty handy this horse, he was only a maiden running in town second-up against horses who have won races," he said.

"He travelled beautifully in my hands and he broke a lot better from the barriers and from a good gate he settled closer.

"Brent just said 'at the top of the straight just make sure you give him clear air'. I probably pushed out a bit soon, but I was travelling that sweetly, I just didn't want the horse to be a hard-luck story."

Riordan paid credit to fellow jockey Rose Pearson, who had ridden Here To Shock in some of his trials and track work, and had passed on her thoughts.

It was the trainer-jockey combination's first win together since Diamond Thora's success at Donald in September.

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