"I think he'll make a great Ballarat Cup or Bendigo Cup sort of horse," he said.

"So I'd say we will target those sorts of races."

Pacodali ($4.60) led home a stable trifecta in the George Watson Handicap, 2000m.

He held off a fast-finishing Master Zephyr ($15) by a long neck, with another half a length to Killarney Kid ($9.50) in third.

Pacodali won over the same course and distance two weeks earlier and the Irish import's latest victory was his third from five Australian starts.

Jockey Michael Dee had Pacodali well-positioned in fourth before creeping closer to the lead to be in striking distance at the top of the home straight.

Dee waited until about the 250m to ask Pacodali for a supreme effort and he kicked to the front and opened a winning break over Master Zephyr who finished strongly down the outside.

"Full credit goes to Micky because I reckon the ride won the race," Weir said.

"He had the race in control a long way out but he just waited and timed it perfectly.

"Had he gone a bit earlier than he did the other horse might have got him."

Meanwhile, the Weir-trained Anchor Bid has gained automatic entry to a feature staying race in the spring with a win as a short-priced favourite at Flemington.

Success in Saturday's Byerley Handicap means the two-year-old can bypass the ballot for the VRC Oaks during Melbourne Cup week at Flemington.

But Weir has not committed her to a start in the Victoria Oaks, saying the rising three-year-old filly will be a better galloper in the autumn.

"They're only three once, so she'll go home, freshen up and then we'll plan a bit of an attack into the spring," Weir said.

"How far we get, I don't know but I think she'll be better later on."

Weir said Anchor Bid was a cracking type of filly when she entered his stable and he believes her to be as good a staying filly to have come into his yard.

He said Anchor Bid was a better horse than Tiamo Grace, winner of the group 2 Wakeful Stakes last spring, at the same stage of her career.