Davies' sprinter Stanzout revelled in the heavy going and jockey Danny Brereton made the winning move when he cut the home turn as the field tracked wide looking for better ground headed by the talented Eight Bills under the guideance of jockey Dean Yendall.

Stanzout quickly claimed Eight Bills and skipped a couple of lengths clear, before last year Wangoom runner-up Bocuse came out of the pack.

Stanzout ($16) narrowly managed to hold out Bocuse ($6.50) by a neck with $4.20 favourite I'm A Hussy another two-and-a-quarter lengths away third.

While the race was exciting enough Davies then put on a show of his own, sprinting through the mounting yard in search of TVN front man Richard Callander to spark wide celebrations.

Davies had pulled over Challander in the middle of Warranmbool traffic yesterday morning to declare his stable sprinter an almost certainty to win.

"I love it, just love it," Davies said about winning at the May carnival.

"I told Ritchie to get on the horse today. I told him we wouldn't need any luck.

"He was an unlucky second last start and it was then that I decided to put him away for this race. I thought he was good enough to win the Wangoom. I don't have enough horses to win the car, but this will do."

Davies said the seven-year-old grey gelding had to overcome a dormant lung infection to get back to his best and had more than his share of injuries and trouble during his racing career.

"We'll probably put him away now until spring. He's had his share of problems and I don't like being too hard on him," he said.

"I've had a few winners over the years at Warrnambool. I love coming down here."

Brereton said cutting the corner put Stanzout right in the race and the sprinter had hung on well to win.