In the 400-metre events, there is little time to prepare for what awaits.

Women's 400m winner Abbey Dunn and 400m open champion Morgan Duncan both said it was simply tough.

"I had my race plan to try and storm ahead," Kyneton Pub owner Dunn said.

"In that last 20 metres, running uphill, I could feel them coming, running up behind me."

Sydneysider Duncan said it hit him hard and there was a lot of "lactic build-up" in his legs ahead of a flight home last night.

The wins earnt the first Victorian sashes for both athletes.

Dunn, part of Paul Young's South Australian Young Guns stable, has followed a self-disciplined training program this summer in country Victoria.

The Kyneton Pub owner and her husband plan to move back to Adelaide where she resumes work as an ambulance officer.

She hoped the move would set her in good stead to qualify for the national amateur track and field titles.

The women's 400m was dominated by athletes from the Young stable.

Dunn posted a winning time of 56.74 seconds off 23 metres, a mere 0.01 second ahead of stablemate Bridget Connolly (17m) who claimed the Maryborough Women's Necklace and 70m crowns on Friday.

Ballarat's Narelle Lehmann (33m) held on strong for third.

For Morgan Duncan, the 400m open title capped off a quick jump up from his 400m novice title at Maryborough.

He was clear victor yesterday, starting on the 20-metre mark with a winning time of 47.84 seconds ahead of James Lynch and James Boden.

Duncan said he pulled up sore from Maryborough but once the sun came out at Daylesford he felt much better.

The 22-year-old will also turn his attention to the amateur circuit for the rest of summer.