Not too hard for Ferlax Feeling fine: Stephen Baster crosses the line on Ferlax to take victory in the Australian Guineas at Flemington. JIM Conlan, who trains Saturday's Australian Guineas winner Ferlax, said after the victory that, even though Australia's finest three-year-old All Too Hard was absent from the race, his colt would still have made a mark this autumn Conlan said that he'd always believed that Ferlax would be a horse to be reckoned with and his victory in the Guineas came at only his fourth start. It was a copybook win as Ferlax settled on the speed and took an inside run at the 300 metres to grab victory and give jockey Stephen Baster another major race success since his return from Singapore. The trainer said he believes Ferlax's autumn is far from over and intends to take the colt to Sydney, possibly for the All Aged Stakes, or even Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap. Baster picked up the ride on Ferlax after Daniel Stackhouse was suspended 10 days ago by stewards in Tasmania. Baster, who left Singapore after his licence to ride was not renewed, was understandably elated with winning a group 1. It's just a big thrill to come home and have the run I've had. I haven't ridden for Jim for a long time but he put the faith in me and we've got the money," Baster said. I won the Tasmanian Oaks for him [owner Jonathan Munz] the other night so it's a great partnership to start off and his horse is obviously going to go on now. Jim put the shades on him today and he was a bit revvy going into the gates so I thought it might have been a mistake - that's why I'm the jockey and he's the trainer, he has got it spot on. Ferlax was the medium of some support late in betting, firming from $21 into $17 not long before they jumped and scored by a half-length from filly You're So Good at $9.50 with Sheer Talent three quarters of length away third at $9 after as much as $13 had been bet about the three-year-old. Baster was also fortunate in that he had scored on the Mark Kavanagh-trained Sheer Talent two weeks ago but was replaced on that horse in the Guineas by stable rider Michael Rodd, which left Baster free to take the ride on Ferlax. Sheer Talent ran an excellent race, considering he had to come from the outside barrier to race on the pace, and was only beaten in the last 100 metres.