Premier trainer Peter Moody has prepared the final stakes winner for the year in Victoria with Oregon Spirit returning to winning form in the Listed Lord Stakes at Mornington.

Oregon Spirit firmed from $17 to $11 and was aided by a top ride from Daniel Stackhouse as he worked his way through the field to take out Sunday's $120,000 feature by 1-1/2-lengths from Durnford ($21) with Road Trippin' ($8) another head away third.

Moody had a lean spring carnival by his standards and sits second on the Melbourne trainers' title, which he has dominated in recent years, behind Darren Weir.

Oregon Spirit had failed to figure in the placings at two runs from a spell but produced a strong turn of foot at the end of the 1600m to overhaul his rivals after Road Trippin' had made a mid-race move when the pace slowed.

"His first two runs this preparation were pretty average but he was pretty impressive today," Stackhouse said.

Stackhouse said he was confident during the run as Oregon Spirit relaxed well even when the leaders slowed the tempo.

"Then once they started attacking from pretty far out the gaps started to come and I got a nice run through," Stackhouse said.

"It was only hands and heels to the line."

The victory was Stackhouse's sixth stakes success for 2013 while for Oregon Spirit it was the eighth win of his 36-start career and first since April.

The Pat Carey-trained Durnford was freshened after a fruitless spring campaign and the trainer was encouraged by his performance.

"His form was pretty mixed through the spring, almost disappointing, but it was good to see him bounce back," Carey said.

"We tried a fresh approach with him and it's worked well."

Earlier, Craig Newitt guided the Mario Farrugia-trained seven-year-old Tanjil to a convincing two length win in the $50,000 Ron Casey Memorial (1200m).