The David Vandyke-trained galloper was having his first start since being nabbed in the final stride in the $2 million Caulfield Guineas in October.

The son of All Too Hard was heavily supported to make a winning return in the $200,000 Listed Gold Edition 3YO Plate, (1200m) and was backed into $1.55-favouritism.

Favourite punters had little cause for concern as Alligator Blood settled midfield with regular jockey Ryan Maloney aboard.

Alligator Blood surged to the lead 300m from home and quickly left his rivals in his wake.

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Maloney sat up on Alligator Blood close to the line as he cruised to an effortless victory by 2.3-lengths.

The impressive victory saw Alligator Blood shorten into $2.50 for his main target this preparation, next month's $2 million Magic Millions Guineas on the Gold Coast.

Albury businessman and part-owner Allan Endresz said it was satisfying to see Alligator Blood notch his sixth victory from only his seventh start.

"I was pretty pumped after watching the wonder horse win and then listening to David's comments afterwards," Endresz said.

"Ryan rang me shortly afterwards and said it was a soft win and he only had to give the horse a nudge and he exploded and didn't even use the whip.

"He eased up at the 100m mark and the horse just loves winning."

Endresz was not reading too much into Alligator's Blood short-quote for next month's Guineas.

He said the horse was unlikely to have another start before the $2 million feature.

"You never go the early crow in this game," he said.

"There is a lot of things that can happen in the meantime.

"David's job now is to keep the horse fit and sound.

"I think David is toying with going straight into the Guineas without another start.

"The weather has been fairly nasty up there which could play into our hands because the Melbourne raiders will have to acclimatise.

"So I think David is leaning towards a 1000m trial and keep him relatively fresh for the Guineas."

Endresz also revealed Alligator Blood would target the world's richest 1600m race, the $5 million All-Star Mile at Caulfield in March.

The Cox Plate is also on the radar.

"We have had a lot of positive feedback from racing fans about the horse," he said.

"He is really starting to develop a cult following.

"A lot of horses these days are retired early because they are stallions or sold to Hong Kong."