The Tony Hagney-trained and Trent Rue-driven Tim McGee ($8) notched up win number three this season as the veteran Falcon Seelster gelding flashed home down the outside of the field to win the Reliance Bank Pace (2,260 metres).

A wall of horses were lining up for a shot at victory in Wednesday's second race of the evening before Tim McGee made the rest of the field look like they were plodding home.

The form of Tim McGee continues to pleasantly surprise Rue, who believes the end is nowhere near in sight for a horse with plenty of heart.

"He's a 10-year-old with a fair few starts but if he keeps being competitive we'll keep bringing him back," he said.

"He's never taken a lame step. He's got no soreness and he's dead set like a two-year-old at home, running around like mad."

Rue settled for third on the outside line after he started with Tim McGee on the back row.

Out in front it was Seismic dictating the terms under Tom Pay's guidance while raging favourite Navua Girl got into the death seat for Amanda Turnbull.

The field stayed locked in place until there was 700m to run.

At that point Presidential Dude began a three-wide charge from the rear of the field, which soon turned into a four-wide move as Sporty Frank tried to work past Navua Girl.

Rue latched onto the tail of Presidential Dude and sat widest in a long wall of horses giving chase to Seismic.

There were six genuine winning hopes with 100 metres still to run but none of them were finishing faster than Tim McGee.

The winning mile rate was 2:00.8 and the victory margin for Tim McGee was 5.3 metres ahead of Presidential Dude ($3, Justin Reynolds) and Sporty Frank ($7, Steve Turnbull).

Navua Girl tired badly and finished a surprise last place.

Rue said his winning hopes were strong with 200 metres left to run.

"Around the turn he was going well enough to drag around to the outside and he had a bit left so he ended up getting down the straight really nicely for me," he said.

"He's been going okay. He won three starts ago but he definitely loves that longer distance. When they run over the mile they can sometimes run away from him but over the longer distance he can match it with them. He's much more of a stronger horse than a quicker one.

"I wasn't confident but I thought he'd run a nice race tonight. Everything just worked out for us tonight and we had a nice run."

It was the 11^th career victory for Tim McGee.