HAVING landed 73 winners last season, including a maiden Group 1 in the South Australian Derby, Johnny Allen is showing no signs of easing.

Just one week into the new flat season, he has four wins, including one of Sunday’s features, the $125,000 Crisp Steeple. Over Sandown’s 3,900 metres, the race was viewed as a contest between the Patrick Payne stablemates Sea King and Zed Em.