Adelaide mare flashes home with a Molto Bene finish To the eye the last-to-first win of Adelaide mare Molto Bene looked remarkable - and the clock backed it up. Molto Bene charged home to mow down leader British General and post her last 200 metres in an impressive 11.39 seconds to win the Headquarters Tavern Stakes over 1400 metres. Tried unsuccessfully as a stayer in the South Australian Derby last May, the mare is now unbeaten in two sprint starts for new trainer Phillip Stokes after being prepared by Will Clarken and then Roslyn Day. She's in for a good preparation. She'll go to a mile now. This time last year she was favourite for the Thousand Guineas so she's always had the ability," Stokes said. She's had problems and I've got to give great credit to my farrier Craig Jolly. Jockey Dom Torneur knew he was asking a lot of his mare by settling her at the rear of the field. I wanted to ride her to her pattern. She was very impressive considering the tempo was slow and Nikita's [Beriman] horse [Beltonic] stopped me in my tracks," he said. Stewards later suspended Beriman for 12 meetings for causing the interference to the winner. Molto Bene ($12) finished so fast she scored by a length from the tiring British General ($6). ■Robert Smerdon was happy to be overruled by part-owner Phil Sly which resulted in a stakes win for Anatina at Flemington on Saturday. Smerdon preferred to run Anatina over 1200 at Moonee Valley on Friday night, but Sly said it was a "no brainer" to tackle the stronger Cap d'Antibes Stakes (1000 metres). "Phil said he'd be happy if she ran a place, I wanted to see if she could run a strong 1200," Smerdon said. Now Anatina could get her 1200-metre test in a listed race at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate eve. Anatina ($9.50) scored by a long-head from Chloe In Paris ($6).