Sprinting has never really been Sundees Son's strength but he did it well enough to just win another group 1 in the $100,000 Anzac Cup at Alexandra Park on Friday night.
The champion trotter sprung two surprises in the 2200m mobile, first by holding Bolt For Brilliance at the start then by being allowed to dawdle through the middle stages of the race in a 68-second half.
That was partly due to the waterlogged Alexandra Park track, also because driver John Dunn decided an easy run wouldn't do him any harm leading into next Friday's campaign-ending Rowe Cup.
And while he achieved the desired result Sundees Son was pushed far closer than usual by Bolt For Brilliance, who relished the race being turned into a sprint home.
He would have been awfully strange seeing Sundees Son being beaten when if front and co-trainer Robert Dunn admitted afterwards it was a case of getting a result as easily as possible.