The top weight, now trained by Tamworth's Sue Grills and ridden by apprentice Yvette Lewis, beat the Jane Clement-trained Time For Don (Luke Cumberland) by half a length in the $22,000 race.

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Grills was handed the four-year-old gelding after he had one win in 10 starts under Waller, best known for training wonder mare Winx.

It was Anubis's first start under Grills after he returned from a 26-week spell to win a trial over 1000m at Armidale on November 8.

"It was a good win," Grills said of Sunday's effort.

"He had a very big weight [61.5kg after Lewis's two-kilogram claim] ... It was 1200m first up, so I knew he'd be knocking up a bit at the finish, which he did. But he had enough in him."

Anubis, by Foxwedge out of Vitex, now has two wins from 11 starts for $52,000 in prize money. He paid $5 for the win on Sunday.

The Melanie O'Gorman-trained Baiandbai (Casey Waddell) was third - 1.66 lengths behind the winner.

Grills said: "I'm hoping that he'll measure up to a Highway horse down the track a bit. But we'll see how he gets through today [Sunday]."