It's been a rock solid trend at Towac Park in recent years and it continued on Friday afternoon as the Hawkesbury trainer helped Matthew Cahill ride Brown Thomas to a victory in the $75,000 main event over the 2100 metres.

The five-year-old gelding held firm in the betting market all day, but once punters saw it parade, he made his way into favouritism at a $3.70 clip.

Was the weight of money justified? You bet.

The stayer jumped fairly before spending the majority of the journey midfield. But, when the convoy approached the home turn, the veteran hoop niggled at the favourite, and boy did he respond.

Brown Thomas made his way past the entire field before putting a gap in them at the 400, a cushion he'd never surrender.

"I pressed the button just before the turn and he really quickened," Cahill said.

"It surprised me... he put about three-four lengths on them and never looked back. They weren't going to catch him from there."

It might be hard to picture, but Cahill wasn't overly keen to ride Brown Thomas on Sunday as he favoured another short-priced chance in the race.

"I wanted to be on Kody Nestor's Eva's Deel, but Gary [White] said nope, this horse will win," he said.

"He's a good trainer of a stayer and I'm glad he got me to stay with him."

The rail at Towac Park appeared to be a bit of a graveyard throughout the afternoon as the majority of the success came towards the middle of the track.

"It's fairly late in the day so you want to be getting away from the fence," he said.

"I was able to put him in a really nice spot and he was just so relaxed throughout the race, and that's what you look for in these longer runs."

Growing up in the Central West, Cahill always looks forward to this day.

"When I was a kid, I always dreamed about getting a race in the cup, much less winning it."

Finishing second in the main race was Gary Portelli's Lord Tropicana, the $14 chance battling home strongly ahead of Nestor's Eva's Deel ($5.50).

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