Act Now back to his brilliant best with big Melton finale

Multiple Group 1 winner Act Now showed he will still be a force at the elite level with a last-to-first win at Melton on Saturday night.

Sent out a $2.80 favorite, Act Now settled towards the rear of field and was still last around the final turn before Jodi Quinlan pulled to the outside and the lightly-raced six-year-old produced a powerful finale to score by half a neck from Bulletproof Boy in a mile rate of 1:52.6. 

The win was the Emma Stewart-trained pacer’s first since causing an upset in the Victoria Cup in October as an $81 chance.

“It’s a very satisfying win as this horse had been through a lot,” Quinlan said.

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