The Chris Lang-trained-and-driven champion became the first Australian-trained horse to win Australasia’s premier trotting series two years in a row when he led every step of the $250,000 Group 1 final.

Lang was thrilled to see the star of his Nagambie stable join legendary Kiwi mare Pride Of Petite (1996/97) as the only back-to-back winners of the series that was first run in 1948.

Scotch Notch (1983, 19885) - trained and driven by Lang's father Graeme - and Take A Moment (2001, 2003) are the only others to have won multiple Inter Dominion trotting finals.

“I don’t think you can get a better feeling than this,” Lang, who has now won three-straight Inter Dominion titles thanks to Galleons Sunset’s win in 2008, said after the race.

“This horse has been fantastic for me and to go back-to-back in the Inter Dominion makes it a very special win.”

Those who backed the Sundon eight-year-old into $1.60 favouritism never had any real cause for concern.

Lang speared straight to the front from barrier one and dictated the pace of the 2575-metre decider.

After a 73.6-second lead time he zipped through the first quarter in 29.7 seconds, before backing off to 31.8 secs for the second split.

Lang increased the tempo to 28.9 secs for the third split, but had plenty up his sleeve and cruised home the last 400m in 29.7 secs for a comfortable 2:01 mile rate win.

At the line he had 9.5 metres to spare over Queensland surprise packet Kasyanov ($147), who enjoyed the gun sit behind the favourite after Dream A Moment galloped shortly after the start, with the winner’s stablemate Skyvalley ($5.50) four metres back in third.

“There’s always a danger when he’s got to be on his toes like that, but once he led like he did he was always going to be difficult to beat.”

The win was Sundons Gift’s 29^th of his 57-start career and the $142,500 first prize lifted his earnings to $789,673.