And while the RWP Construction Pace (2270 metres) may have not lived up to the calibre of one of NSW's premier two-year-old races, trainer Peter Trevor-Jones described Sunday's win as just as emotional as the Gold Crown victory back in 2010.

Trevor-Jones had originally retired the veteran due to a tendon injury on one of his back legs.

"The vet said he needed 12 months off and he was 10-years-old at the time, so I thought I'd call it quits," he said.

"I took him up to the back paddock with all the young ones, where he can be the caretaker of the next generation. However, he was being a bit a sook because he didn't take to fondly to retirement.

"So I brought him back the stable for a bit of TLC and he was carrying on like a two-year-old, so I thought, what the heck. I put some shoes on him and I'd see how he'd end up. He's working as good as ever."

Trevor-Jones said he was disappointed when he originally retired him, as he was sitting on 39 wins, with the Bathurst-trainer wanting to crack 40.

That all came to fruition on Sunday at the new track at Wagga Wagga.

The $6.50-backed Beetson drew barrier seven, with the Laura Crossland-driven Share The Road the hot favourite at $1.18.

Beetson started like a house on fire and stormed up to the front, coming across from his wide position to be a fighting position for the lead with Red River Glacier ($13).

However, as the race progressed, it seemed like Beetson's age was showing and the 11-year-old started to drift down the pecking order.

But the Bathurst hopeful wasn't going to give up and at the bell he was fourth, two back on the outside and the run was favouring him.

Driver Cameron Hart kept Beetson in the same position at the bell, conserving the veteran's energy for the home stretch and it paid dividends. 

It was a massive finish, with four horses trying to poke themselves ahead for the win, Beetson running four wide.

The finish was so close that it required a photo finish for all three placings.

In the end it was Beetson who won, ahead of Share The Road and Just Knew ($26).

"I was very emotional when his number was put up," Trevor-Jones said.

"He was never going to win until he popped that big head out on the line, keeping us all waiting.

"It was a pretty good win, no fluke about it. He did a whole heap of work before it."

Beetson is in the right form to qualify for the Wagga Cup, but Trevor-Jones wants to take it day by day and see how his 11-year-old gelding pulls up.