"I didn't really get him in an ideal spot, I didn't want to be outside the lead but I wanted to be more positive and he ended up doing a bit of work.
"They went at a good speed and he was brave to keep digging in when we took off at the 600m.
"He's a tough old warrior," Schiller said.
The win also cracked the $2 million dollar prizemoney mark for the son of Contributer who was a $65,000 purchase from Book 2 at the 2019 Karaka sale from the Wellfield Lodge draft.
"He was probably one of the first horses we bought when I came back training in my own right again,” trainer John O’Shea mused after the win, referring to his departure from Godolphin in 2017.
“He’s always dancing the big dance and he hasn’t had a lot of luck barrier-wise either. We are very proud of him and if you have a stable full of those horses, life is easy."
Congratulations to his ownership group Mrs S J Codner, Ms V L Sheils, Mr J A Denny, Mr S J Brown, Mrs L Miller, Mr S A Miller, Mr H Bayliss, Mr J G Codner, Lotave syndicate, Mr M E J Mcintyre, Ms M J M Lambert, Mrs D L Fisher, Mr G B Lamont, Mrs F J O'shea, Sedgewyn, Mr R M Hodge, Champion Thoroughbreds 1 syndicate.