Bred by Desert King shareholders Jan and Alan Francis , the 2yo filly Serene Diva is by Desert King .  "Serene Diva" was impressive with her driving win at Cranbourne on Sunday May 30th over 1400m.  Out of Jan and Alan's home bred mare Serene Jewel who is by Gold Carat the filly really liked the step up in distance of 200m in this race. In her first start she ran an eyecatching 5th at Sandown over 1200m ,but was wanting more ground and really showed the guts and determination of her breeding with her flying finish to run down her stable mate Riptide.

Luke Nolen rode Riptide and Linda Meech rode Moody's other entrant, Serene Diva. There was very little between the pair in pre-race betting, with Serene Diva just edging out Riptide as favourite.

Half way down the straight, Luke Nolen had Riptide travelling nicely near the fence and looking every bit the winner. Serene Diva was still a long way back but Linda had the filly finishing out wide and closing with a vengeance.  Serene Diva closed the gap to win by a third of a length on the line.