The son of triple-crown winner Bombastic Shiraz, Prankster began well from box seven and was never threatened, defeating a quality field by seven lengths.

The win was the 10th of his 20-start career and improved his Sandown Park record to five wins from eight starts. Turanza Bale was equally impressive in his Prelude, overcoming a chequered run to win by 5lengths in 29.70 seconds.

Group race winners Aston Trivett and Birthday Boy won their events and the underrated Matching Outcome took advantage of a rails run to win in 29.89 seconds.

The winner of each Solo Melbourne Cup Prelude earns a berth in the heats of Australia's richest greyhound race, the $250,000 group 1 Solo Melbourne Cup, the final of which will be run on November 26.

The next Solo Melbourne Cup Prelude series will be run on Thursday, September 17.