The Waipu-based Stevenson family were once again successful in winning the $30,000 ITM Whangarei Gold Cup.
The 2100m race at Ruakaka was raced in weather conditions that typified the "winterless north".
Smedley, trained and part-owned by Clayton Stevenson and raced with his mother Claire and the estate of his late father Dick, doggedly finished on the inside rail to snatch victory from the short-priced favourite Candle In The Wind by the official margin of a head.
The 7-year-old gelding has now had 12 starts since returning to racing in January this year for two wins and has earned the owners nearly $144,000 in prize money.
In 2008, the stable was headed by the late Dick Stevenson and they were successful by the same margin with Letsgoparty.