Fresh off winning the first feature race on the card at Te Rapa yesterday aboard Waitak in the Listed Eagle Memorial (1500m), South African jockey Craig Zackey added the main event of the day when he guided Prise De Fer to a narrow victory in the Group 3 Eagle Stakes (1600m).
Zackey used similar tactics to those he employed aboard Waitak as he allowed the seven-year-old Savabeel gelding to settle last before improving to join the leaders inside the final furlong and hold a narrow margin to the line to defeat fast-finishing Taranaki visitor Sinarahma.
The win capped a superb day for trainer Mark Walker, who had earlier produced the trifecta in the two-year old race with Karaka Million (1200m) contenders Tokyo Tycoon, She Turns Heads and Talisker, while also taking the first race of the day with Soprano Supremo.
Those victories complemented his winning double at Whanganui, where he took the feature event, the Listed Whanganui Cup (2040m), with La Flora Belle and an undercard event with Inca Belle.
The Matamata mentor cut a satisfied figure after Prise De Fer captured his 10th career victory, as it was his first win in six starts in his current campaign, although he had been placed in four of those runs, including finishing third in the Group 1 Plate (1600m) at Hastings earlier in the spring.