Bendigo galloper Vungers produced a career-best run to blow away his rivals in Sunday's $70,000 Donald Cup (1600m).
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The Brendon Hearps-trained galloper jumped straight to the front and he never looked like being headed.
Jockey Zac Spain rated the seven-year-old perfectly and they cruised to an emphatic three-length win.
The $38,500 winners' cheque took Vungers' career earnings past the $260,000 mark - a fanastic achievement for a horse that ran last on debut in a Mangatang maiden and then had to overcome a serious tendon injury two years ago.
Vungers now boasts a career record of five wins and 16 placings from 31 starts.
"I thought he'd be a good show (today),'' Hearps told racing.com
"Drew a nice alley (barrier one) and down in the weights...he rode him well the kid (Spain).
"He (Vungers) did a tendon two years ago and to everybody's credit they worked hard on him for a year.
"I didn't think we were going to get him back, but they did a marvellous job with him. Amy McDonald down there (Mornington) and young Darcy Murray up at Echuca...and the track rider (Rob Kirkpatrick) is the only one that can sit on his back because he throws them all every morning. He's a shocker."
Vungers ran a brave fourth in the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final at his previous start.
Hearps is now likely to return to the big smoke with his stable star.
"He's no superstar, but he's just honest,'' he said.
"I've always wanted to get him back to the 2000m at the Valley. He's pretty adaptable."
Vungers' victory was Hearps' second Donald Cup victory.
He previously won the race in 2001 with Storm Rebel, who had a similar racing style to Vungers.
A winner of 13 races from 61 starts, Storm Rebel ran second in the Group Three Victoria Handicap in 1999.
Meanwhile, Bendigo hobby trainer Sean Mott tasted success at Sunday's Geelong meeting.
Mott prepared In Her Honour to win second up from a spell in a 1525m Benchmark 58 event.
In Her Honour, which was named in honour of Sean's late wife, Deanna, is best known as a stayer.
The 1525m was expected to be too short for the mare, but a hot tempo in front and a great ride from in-form apprentice Campbell Rawiller helped In Her Honour make up plenty of ground in the home straight.
The five-year-old mare recorded her fourth career win for Mott.
It capped a superb weekend for Rawiller.
The son of champion hoop Nash Rawiller, Campbell rode a winning double at Moonee Valley on Friday night and a winning double at Dunkeld on Saturday.
One of his winners at Dunkled on Saturday was Mount Mitty for Sutton Grange-based trainer Brent Stanley.