King’s Command was in winning form at Flemington, coming off two previous wins at Geelong.

That was his first city win and it possibly won’t be his last judged by the quality of horses he beat, there was quite a lot of form about the race as betting indicated.

The son of Commands was never far off the pace, Damien Oliver who had ridden him in his previous win, had him perched up on the fence for the final assault.

Pattern, the favourite, was very disappointing, it was quite out of character to his previous win, he started favourite this time and was never in the hunt at any stage of the race.

King’s Command responded gamely to a determined challenge thrown out by recent Flemington winner Duibio, who failed by three quarters of a length.

Trainer, Troy Corstens, said, “if the gelding could run third or fourth in that company we would have no hesitation in going to another level.”

“We were hoping he would take that next step, but you never know until they do, there is no certainty. “

King’s Command is part owned by successful syndicator, Brad Spicer, it could have been a double if Siegester had won the final race, he was beaten by a length.

King's Command at Flemington