The Outboard at Melton may have been a blink and you miss it affair but what a terrific drive from Scott Ewen and a sustained staying performance from Bulletproof Boy. Instead of giving the horse full throttle out of the barrier the horse was given time to settle (if that is an appropriate word for a 1200 metre novelty event) then sprinted and sustained his run from the 800 metre mark. Noticeably, the two leaders that flew the gate compacted and ran down the track.