The Captain makes a statement ahead of a potential Queensland trip

David Moran is waiting on an invitation to contest the Group 1 $355,000 The Rising Sun in Brisbane after his pacer Captain Hammerhead scored an impressive win at Melton on Saturday night.

Moran wasted little time in heading around to sit parked outside Jillibyjacksparrow over the 1720 metre sprint trip and the pair increased the tempo with a 27.4 back straight quarter.

Despite racing off the pegs, Captain Hammerhead ($3) dug deep in the home straight to get up and score by a neck from Jillilbyjacksparrow with Kosimo 10 metres away third finishing with a 26.9 last 400 metres to record a mile rate of 1:51.4.