It doesn't need to be victory in a G1 race to make someone happy. If you don't believe me - you obviously didn't see the animated expression on Japanese jockey Yoshi Aoki's face as he returned to scale aboard his first Australian winner today at Bendigo.

Riding the 4yo Distorted Humor gelding BONO (trained by Steve Richards), Aoki was competing in just his 18th race since being licensed to ride Down Under. Of note, he narrowly missed winning his first race 2 weeks ago when, aboard the same horse, he placed second to Demon Quattro in a class 2 race over 1312 m at Wangaratta.

TVN has an interview with the jockey and also video of the concluding stages of the race on their site if you're interested.