"I'm just rapt to see her get that win for the boys who own her as she deserved to win a good race," said Vile.
"There was some doubt at weight-for-age over the 1400m but I knew there would be some good pace in the race and that would help her immensely.
"Alysha rode her a treat and the mare kicked very strongly and held them out well."
Vile was quick to pay tribute to Collett who only picked up the rides on Miss Appleton and Jacksstar on Saturday evening after the meeting was postponed for 24 hours when a horse slipped badly in the first race run on Saturday.
"Sam Wynne was booked to ride both horses on Saturday but when the meeting was postponed she had to fly back for her commitments at Gore," Vile said.
"Alysha has ridden a little bit for me in the past so I was pleased to get a senior jockey who could ride comfortably at the 53kg that Jacksstar carried.
"Both rides were top class so it has been a very very pleasing day."
Vile was also referring to Collett's judgement mid-race in the Manawatu Cup which saw her seize the initiative.
Riding promising stayer Jacksstar, she followed the trainer's instructions of "don't wait around for them" to the letter when she made a lightning move to plant her charge on the speed during the middle stages of the contest.
Until that point Chris Johnson and Balham had gotten away with daylight robbery as they slowed the pace of a race to a crawl.
Successful over 3200m at his previous start, Jacksstar didn't flinch when the sprint went on in the straight as he and Balham set down to fight out the finish. In a desperate struggle the 5-year-old gelding prevailed by a long head from a game Balham with favourite Five To Midnight running home well for third.
"I said don't wait around for them as he's the fittest horse in the race. He had just come back from two miles and I knew on the turn he would out-tough them," said Vile.
It was a welcome return to form of late for the Zed gelding who had promised plenty last season when winning the Listed New Zealand St. Leger at Trentham over 2500m.
"I think the wet spring sort of got to him a bit," noted Vile when questioned about some indifferent runs earlier in this campaign.
"He's on form now though. He'll go out to the paddock for a few days and then we'll have a look at the Wellington Cup."
Another local who didn't mind waiting as extra day was Lisa Latta who trained the quinella in the opening event, the Mills Reef Winery 2YO Premier (1100m).
Latta produced Dijon Bleu and Dreams Of Platinum in the field of seven starters with the pair dominating the event from go to whoa. Dijon Bleu made the best start and led out her stablemate, who tracked the speed throughout the contest.
The pair skipped away early in the run home to wage a titanic struggle over the closing stages with Burgundy filly Dijon Bleu bobbing at the right time to snatch victory by a nose from Dreams Of Platinum.
Matamata visitor Gold Fever, who started a warm favourite off the back of a smart debut win, closed hard in the final 50m but had to settle for third.
Dijon Bleu is the second winner for Cambridge Stud based stallion Burgundy from his first crop of New Zealand runners.
The filly holds a nomination for the rich Karaka Million that will be run at Ellerslie on the 29th of January, with her winnings from the victory lifting her into the top 10 on the current list of qualifiers for the $1 million event.
- NZ Racing Desk
