Goodwood bred Mehrtens relished the better track conditions to win his second race in just his eighth career start at Hastings on Thursday. Mehrtens trained by Suzy Gordon sat on speed throughout to win the 65 1200m under the guidance of in form jockey Cameron Lammas.

Mehrtens is a son of Pins out of Burnzees Magic making him a full brother to stakes winning sprinter Barbaric and full sister to the consistent Queensland performer Hirtshals, in addition to this the pedigree saw another recent update with half brother Don't Worry winning in Singapore.