Incentivise produced another gutsy display underneath Brett Prebble in Saturday's Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington, to claim a second Group 1 this spring and potentially emerge as the superstar of the turf Australia has been looking for since the retirement of Winx.

The Peter Moody-trained five-year-old determinedly held out a superb Young Werther with Chapada back in third.

Star mare Verry Elleegant, chasing a 10^th Group 1, had to settle for fourth as she failed to improve over the final furlong.

Moments after the race the TAB updated its Caulfield Cup market which now lists Incentivise as a $2.50 to take out the mile and a half feature in two weeks. Young Werther is now a $9 shot as the only other horse at a single-figure price.

The win came three weeks after Incentivise doggedly held on to win the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at the same venue, which followed on from his explosive Queensland winter campaign where he won his last three races by a combined margin of more than 30 lengths.

Meanwhile, Regan Bayliss stole the show at Randwick riding the winner in two of the three Group 1s, including Joseph Pride's Private Eye who claimed a fast-run Epsom Handicap (1600m).

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In the race prior he expertly steered outside Never Been Kissed to an impressive win in the Flight Stakes (1600m), over a fast-finishing Hinged.

Bayliss, who started his career in Melbourne before a stint in Hong Kong, has been based in Sydney for the last year.

"I wouldn't be where I am today without Joe Pride, he is one who really backed me in Sydney from an early age," Bayliss said.

"He was a trainer who put me on good chances in town and I needed to capitalise on a couple of those opportunities.

"I just love this horse Private Eye. He's been set for the race.

"There was good speed and we were just able to get on the back of the right horses and bring him down the outside. We know he's got that great turn of foot and he showed us today.

"Joe knows how to set them for a big one to peak on the day. He is going to be mighty hard to beat in the Golden Eagle."

Pride cheered on Private Eye from his lounge room.

"I knew I had given him the right prep and I was confident in the horse," Pride said.

"You need luck in these Epsoms, they are hard to win, but it all panned out beautifully and he has got an engine this horse, he's a ripper.

"When he won first-up he signaled to me that day he had come back bigger and better than ever.

"In his last two starts, it just hasn't worked out for him.

"I knew in an Epsom, they are high pressure races and it would suit him."

Montefilia just edged out Entente in a thrilling Metropolitan (2400m) to claim the third of the major races at Randwick.

David Payne's four-year-old won a head-bobbing finish to claim her third career Group 1 triumph, adding to the Flight Stakes and Spring Champion Stakes she won at the track in 2020.