And what a 137^th Stawell Gift it was.

Tasmanian sprinter Jacob Despard took out the men’s honours, while Elizabeth Forsyth won the women’s – both claiming $40,000 pocket money.

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Despard was the fourth Tasmanian to win the big prize at Central Park, winning comfortably as a backmarker.

Forsyth, from the Gold Coast, blitzed the field to justify the hype surrounding her.

She traditionally trains on sand, but showed that grass was not a problem.

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