Disappointment turned to elation for jockey Tye Angland after he was dumped from stable favourite Thunder Lady in the ATC Australian Oaks, only to pick up the winning ride on less-fancied barn mate Gust Of Wind.

Angland rode VRC Oaks runner-up Thunder Lady last start and was gutted when he lost the Oaks mount to Hong Kong-based Zac Purton.

But when he picked up the ride on late entry Gust Of Wind, which is trained and owned in the same interests, he made the most of the opportunity.

Gust Of Wind ($17) relished the 2400m staying test on a heavy track to score a comprehensive 2-1/2 length win over favourite Winx, with Candelara ($7) a similar margin away at third.

Thunder Lady struggled on the wet track and finished fifth.

"That's the racing game. You get down in the dumps and a long shot comes up," Angland said.

"She hasn't got a turn of foot so I just rode it to suit the horse and served it up to them on the corner. It worked out good.

"A few of the other fillies were a query over the distance and on the heavy going, whereas she showed signs she was always going to love it."

The Group One win was a welcome change of luck for Angland in big races.

He narrowly missed a Golden Rose victory on Scissor Kick in the spring and, apart from a default Metropolitan Handicap success on Opinion, which was promoted to first when Junoob was disqualified, he had been struggling to make his mark in the majors.

"I've had a lot of feature wins but the grand finals have been hard to get, even rides in them, so hopefully this helps out," Angland said.

Gust Of Wind's victory was another advertisement for trainer John Sargent's skill with staying fillies, and added to his wins in the NZ Oaks with Miss Mossman (2014), VRC Oaks with Kirramosa (2013) and Queensland Oaks with Quintessential (2012).

The three-year-old only broke her maiden at Scone in February and claimed the Oaks at just her fifth start.

Sargent compared Gust of Wind's rise to that of Kirramosa, which won a class one race at Newcastle on the way to her victory in the Victorian blue riband.

"Very similar to Kirramosa when she won at Newcastle about three starts before winning the (Wakeful Stakes-Oaks) double in Melbourne," Sargent said.

"They're good staying, New Zealand fillies. They're hard fit and they stay."

Gust Of Wind's Oaks triumph gave her sire Darci Brahma his first Group One win in Australia.