NEW Zealand-born trainer Mike Moroney landed his 50th Group 1 win at Caulfield last Saturday following the victory of Alabama Express in the C F Orr Stakes over 1,400 metres, the only three-year-old in the 12-horse field.

“He has come back better and stronger and has become really professional now. He is just a lovely, lovely colt, he is more like dad than any horse I have seen and he did what his dad did (Redoute’s Choice won the 2000 CF Orr Stakes).