VINO Rosso successfully stretched out to 10 furlongs to give trainer Todd Pletcher a major contender in the older horse division stateside when he won the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita on Monday.

The son of Curlin had John Velazquez aboard and the four-year-old overcame a wide trip around the first turn and edged away from the favourite Gift Box with Lone Sailor a distant third in the field of seven.