Trainer Chris Munce continued his long-time friendship with owner Max Whitby when First Crush landed some long-priced bets with a win at Doomben.

Ridden a clever race on the fence by Larry Cassidy, First Crush ($16 into $11) came away in straight to beat Slydini ($4) by a lenght and a quarter in today's Girls Day Out Handicap.

As a jockey Munce rode a lot of winners for Whitby-led syndicates and the owner stuck by him when he switched to training in 2015.

"I won a Cox Plate for Max on Savabeel and he has always been a great supporter," Munce said.

First Crush won a Grafton Cup Prelude last campaign and Munce is keen to get him out in distance.

Slydini ran his fifth second in a row and had co-trainer Dan Guy bemused.

"Oh well, at the 100 metres I thought he was going to run third but he kicked on to get second again," Guy said.