Handy four-year-old Chinese Culture overcame an awkward alley to score a brilliant win second-up from a break on Friday night.

Trainer Steven Burridge may have only had a light muster of runners but he could not have asked for a better start to the day with an early double on Sunday.

A week in racing can be an extremely long time.

A week in racing can be an extremely long time, just a week ago trainer Steven Burridge sent 21 runners to the races – five on the Friday night and 16 at last Sunday’s afternoon meeting.

Trainer Steven Burridge was rewarded for his patience when Gilt Lad took out the $65,000 Novice Stakes over 1200m on Sunday.