Benalla horseman Peter Smith's superannuation plan returned another dividend when Play Master scored at Saturday's Flemington meeting.

Smith bought Play Master's sire Masterprint out of a paddock after a serious foot infection curtailed any hope of a racing career but the stallion has been a profitable purchase for the trainer.

"He had an operation on his pedal bone but he was never a racing proposition. It's a million-to-one chance getting a stallion like that," Smith said.

Smith has bought 25 cheap mares for Masterprint to serve since the sire could only attract a single mating in 2010 but the previously unknown sire's book has swelled to 60 for this year's breeding season.

"He's like my superannuation fund I'd say," Smith said.

Play Master is one of two Smith-prepared city winners for the stallion along with Hero Master while First Print has placed twice at Caulfield but the breeder expects bigger things from Masterprint's progeny in time.

The trainer said he would skip the spring before bringing Play Master back into work for a bid to become Masterprint's maiden stakes winner.

"I'm not going to aim too high but I might aim him at the Standish (Handicap) or something like that," Smith said.

Smith said Play Master's waywardness cost him victory at Moonee Valley last Saturday but apprentice Jye McNeil was able to get the gelding home by three-quarters of a length over Marwood and Taddei Tondo.