GIANT Treasure won a thrilling Group 1 Stewards’ Cup at Sha Tin, landing his first success at the top-flight in the process. The Richard Gibson-trained five-year-old was runner-up in December to Japan’s Maurice in the Hong Kong Mile.

The one-mile, HK$10 million Steward’s Cup is the first leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown Series and Giant Treasure saw off the determined challenge of last year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby winner Luger by a short head, with Contentment a neck away in third place. John Size trains both the placed horses.