A clever frontrunning ride by Brad Pengelly helped guide underrated galloper Our Lukas to victory in the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm.Our Lukas, who won the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) in June, appeared to be headed in the straight by Sam's Express before fighting back to hold off the fast-finishing Secrets Untold and score by 1-1/4 lengths in the 1600-metre feature.Sam's Express faded on his run to finish third, a short half-head away.Trainer Robbie Heathcote was critical before the ra

A clever frontrunning ride by Brad Pengelly helped guide underrated galloper Our Lukas to victory in the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm.

Our Lukas, who won the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) in June, appeared to be headed in the straight by Sam's Express before fighting back to hold off the fast-finishing Secrets Untold and score by 1-1/4 lengths in the 1600-metre feature.

Sam's Express faded on his run to finish third, a short half-head away.

Trainer Robbie Heathcote was critical before the race of the decision to erect a false rail nine metres out and adopted tactics to suit his six-year-old.

"We wanted to lead on him and we were aided a touch by the false rail being out nine metres," Heathcote said.

"I'm particularly pleased for Brad because he's stuck with him his past two starts knowing he wouldn't be ready until he got to 1600 metres."

Heathcote was never worried that Our Lukas was backing up a week after finishing seventh over 1350m at Doomben and has mapped out an ambitious program for the son of Generous.

"He'll run next in the Recognition Stakes in a fortnight, then two weeks later in a Quality race then the Bernborough Handicap on Boxing Day," he said.

The Recognition Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm and Bernborough Handicap (1615m) at Doomben are both Listed races.

Meanwhile, Temple Of Boom earned a shot at the Magic Millions Trophy at the Gold Coast in January with a narrow win in the AHS Netball Handicap (1000m).

Temple Of Boom, having his first start since June, maintained his perfect first-up record when he held on to down Our Mr Cashman by a head.

Trainer Tony Gollan was always confident the three-year-old would be competitive but was worried with his fitness level after a gelding operation during his spell.

"I'm not sure whether it was because we gelded him or not but for some reason he was slower to come to hand this preparation," Gollan said.

"He's been in work a while but I thought he wasn't quite ready for today and it shows he just might be a fair horse."

Temple Of Boom took his record to three wins from six starts and Gollan is confident the three-year-old, who wore blinkers for the first time, will run 1400 metres as he gets older.

"The Magic Millions is what we're looking at presently and I think he'll get 1400 metres," he said.

The $1 million Magic Millions Trophy (1400m) will be run at the Gold coast on January 9.