Waverley racehorse Glory Days stormed home from the back of the pack to finish third in the 3200m $2 million Sydney Cup at Royal Randwick in Australia on Saturday.
Glory Days made a move at about the 1000 metre mark to be midfield with 600 to go and then really let down out wide for the final 300 to finish strongly for third.
So impressive was the performance by the Wanganui Cup and Auckland Cup winner that co-owner Brent McAree has his eyes on a bigger prize.
"Fingers crossed, it might be a leg into the Melbourne Cup. That's sort of everyone's dream," McAree said.
"She's had a huge campaign and to still pull that off and finish third was marvellous. It was a bloody good run, there's no doubt about that."