Micallef guided the Ben Settree-trained Kanena Provlima ($4.40) to victory in the $16,320 Phoenix Accounting & Business Services Junee Pacers Cup (2170m) on Monday night.

Kanena Provlima repeated the effort of his heat victory a week earlier when quickly finding the position outside the leader, where he proved too tough for his rivals and scored by five metres in a mile rate of 2:00.9.

Nowhere Creek ($3.00) loomed strongly around the final turn but was unable to match the winner, while Time Keepa Lombo ($21) was a further four metres back in third.

Micallef, 21, was thrilled to win the prestigious Junee Pacers Cup in just his fourth season of driving.

"It's probably my biggest win, really," Micallef said.

"I've had some sentimental wins but this is probably my biggest.

"It was good to get through the heats and into the final with him.

"He went good, really good."

Micallef went into the final confident after steering the Bathurst visitor to a tough victory in the heat last week.

"I was definitely confident. Going through I always thought he would be hard to beat," he said.

"I knew Blake's (Jones) horse (Nowhere Creek) would have to be on top of his game to beat him. As soon as he got off the fence, I made the move around to the chair first so I knew he wouldn't come round."

It was the second leg of a winning double for Micallef, after guiding Dragon Stride ($17) to victory for his father David in the $11,730 Milbrae Quarries Final (2170m).

Owned by Micallef's parents, Dragon Stride made it three wins on the trot when taking out the NR 64 feature in a mile rate of 1:59.1.

Micallef said it was a satisfying win given the eight-year-old broke down earlier in his career and never looked like racing again.

Meantime, Cup night came to an early end for Junee Harness Racing Club after the lights went out after the feature race.

It forced the final three races on the program to be abandoned.

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