EMMA Stewart rolled out a major assault on the revamped Vicbred Super Series and duly delivered at Melton on Saturday night.
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![DELIGHTED: Trainer Emma Stewart and her father Warren Stewart with outstanding 4yo mare Delight Me, which raced three wide and outside the leader before landing her group 1 success. Pictures: Harness Racing Victoria. DELIGHTED: Trainer Emma Stewart and her father Warren Stewart with outstanding 4yo mare Delight Me, which raced three wide and outside the leader before landing her group 1 success. Pictures: Harness Racing Victoria.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/mTvP5NhWJFQFv7uTytgxtB/7e932d51-241f-4a69-b2b2-6f39f8afec2d.jpg/r330_175_1795_1520_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Ballarat trots trainer dominated by capturing three of six group 1 finals – all driven by champion reinsman Gavin Lang.
![SOLID AS A ROCK: Rocknroll Magic (Gavin Lang) charges to the line in the Vicbred Super Series final for three-year-old fillies. SOLID AS A ROCK: Rocknroll Magic (Gavin Lang) charges to the line in the Vicbred Super Series final for three-year-old fillies.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/mTvP5NhWJFQFv7uTytgxtB/a58fc9a2-d949-4cbe-a4ec-a1c3d377f8da.jpg/r110_305_1820_1505_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Rocknroll Magic ($2 favourite) took out the 3yo fillies' division, Ideal For Real ($1.80 favourite) the 4yo entires/geldings event, and Delight Me ($1.50 favourite) the 4yo mares' crown.
Stewart also had three seconds and a third in the finals in yet another career highlight for Stewart, who is dominating the Victorian statewide and metropolitan training premierships this season.
![IDEAL OUTCOME: Gavin Lang steers Ideal For Real to a fifth straight win in a group 1 Vicbred Super Series final at Melton. IDEAL OUTCOME: Gavin Lang steers Ideal For Real to a fifth straight win in a group 1 Vicbred Super Series final at Melton.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/mTvP5NhWJFQFv7uTytgxtB/d58d8b9d-7288-4e3e-a9c1-f7c7523921f2.jpg/r85_320_1815_1535_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Ideal For Real appears destined for the grand circuit, but Stewart and partner Clayton Tonkin have no plans to rush him.
Stewart said the stable would take a cautious approach to grand circuit racing for Ideal For Real, which had has won 11 of 19 starts for almost $300,000.
“He’s a nervous sort of horse so we’ll take him slow," she said.