The gutsy five-year-old backed up his 1:55.5 track record win over the mobile mile at Shepparton last Saturday night with a 2:05.7 victory over the longer 2710-metre journey at Bray Raceway.

Legendary reinsman Brian Gath, who earlier this season won the St Arnaud Cup behind Few Good Men, was full of praise for the Peter Tonkin-trained son of Panorama.

“He’s a great horse who’s very hard to get past once he’s in front and he’s won a lot of races that way,” he said.

“He went 1:55 last week at Shepparton and then came out again and did over the longer journey tonight, so it was a great effort.”

Few Good Men, who isn’t entered for the Hunter Cup, denied a number of rivals their last chance to stake a claim for a berth in the $400,000 Group 1 event this Saturday night when he led all of the way.

A trademark B Gath drive secured some moderate sectionals in the first half of the race, but the $4.40 favourite still zipped home the last quarter in a slick 27.4 seconds for a strong win.

The gelding held off last year’s Hunter Cup third placegetter, Report For Duty ($5.40), who raced outside Few Good Men for the last lap and a half, by two metres with the fast-finishing Broadway Play ($7.80) a short half head back in third spot.