Adelaide father-and-son duo make hay in the sunshine state Gutsy: South Australian stayer Rialya takes the Tatt's Cup for Joe Bowditch at Eagle Farm. The upset win of Rialya in the $200,000 Tattersall's Cup (2200 metres) allowed retired Adelaide pharmacist Luke Koumi to dream of a Melbourne Cup start. Coming with a well-timed run, the Lloyd Kennewell-trained five-year-old gelding, starting at $21, held off Shenzhou Steeds ($8) to win the group 3 event by a long head. Favourite Rothera ($2.70), trapped three deep for the entire trip, wilted to finish two lengths away third. "If you've got a horse that can run two miles, the Melbourne Cup is where you need to go," Rialya's owner Koumi said. But the international horses don't make it easy. My horse has still got to get in. It would be a dream if he could. Rialya will get his chance to show his wares over 3200m in the $150,000 listed Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm on July 6. The win by Rialya was doubly pleasing for Koumi. "I owned the granddam, bred the mother [Ettu Blu] and reared Rialya," he said. This horse is just an out-and-out stayer. Rialya was ridden by Adelaide hoop Joe Bowditch, who combined with Kennewell's father Gary to win last week's Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich with Conservatorium. Lloyd was absent and his father Gary spoke highly of Rialya and Bowditch. "That was a perfect ride - A grade," he said. The horse is a bit one-paced but Joe got him off [the fence] at the 800m and let him roll into it. He certainly let down good and [ground] away to the finish. He likes the bigger tracks. This is great for the whole team back home, especially to win a group race up here. Our horse just outstayed them. Kennewell revealed an important gear change for Rialya after the gelding finished eighth to Anagold in last Saturday's Ipswich Cup (2150m). He pulled badly last week. We put a Norton bit on to get him to settle. He's certainly in good form. Meanwhile, jockey Damian Browne received all the plaudits, while several of his rivals were lamenting their tactics following Fire Up Fifi's win in the $100,000 Mercedes-Benz Mile (1600m). In a crazy race where there were three leaders in the first 600m, Browne summed it up perfectly when he allowed Fire Up Fifi rein inside the 1000m to stroll to the lead. "What a super ride," trainer Robert Heathcote said. My first comment was, 'wow what was Someday doing leading?' Damian summed it up, there was no speed, so he went to the front. There's no better judge of speed than Damian, it was a 10-out-of-10 ride today. Heathcote said his five-year-old mare showed "a ton of fight" to hold off Conservatorium. The two gallopers fought tooth and nail from the 300m but Fire Up Fifi ($3.70) prevailed by a half neck. Someday ($3.10 fav), which got badly shuffled back, was 2¼ lengths away third.