Bookies had good reason to applaud the result of the Arthur Gauci Handicap with the winner the Bendigo trained, Primitive Man, returning a dividend of $61 after opening up at $51.

It was quite a remarkable performance; after the field had covered 200 metres he was running fifth and appeared to be travelling well.

After another 100 metres he was stone motherless last, with more ground to make up than the early settlers.

He was still last 200 metres out; from there he simply flew, reminiscent of a Bernborough finish, he won by three quarters of a length, running the last 200 metres in 12.09 secs.

The gelding is trained by Shane Fliedner, he can produce one at times, however, this one had us dumbfounded.

Primitive Man on the outside charging home.

Fliedner even shook his head, he was entitled to, you don’t see runs like that every day in the week, it was some performance.

The gelding’s trainer, Shane Fliedner, commented after that there still is a lot of improvement to be seen in the horse.

Primitive Man is by Primus, among the better colts of his year in of 2005, yet he was never given a chance with limited mares.

Trainer - Shane Fleidner