So when Ellen Shannon led from start to finish in the Parkes League Club Pace (1,660 metres) he wasn't as surprised as many other punters were.

Ellen Shannon came across from gate two under the control of Kimberley Grant to take up the running during a wet start to the Elvis Championship meet, letting inside starter Caribbean Pat ($41, Malcolm Hutchings) settle in behind her.

Favourite Windy Hill Wally ($2.20, Amanda Turnbull) appeared to have timed his run well when he launched a three wide move to sit outside Ellen Shannon on the turn for home.

Caribbean Pat stayed latched to the back of the leader but the rest of the field lost touch, leaving the three front runners to battle it out on the home straight.

Ellen Shannon held off both her challengers to claim her third career win, in a mile rate of 1:59.2, and take her first victory away from Bathurst Paceway.

"She's been doing most of her racing at Bathurst but she's always been a better horse on the smaller tracks. With COVID we were stuck at Bathurst for a while so it didn't surprise me to see her win when she got somewhere else," Bullock said.

"She had a freshen up and the race looked perfect for her over the mile and drawn well. She was way over the odds than what she should have been.

"Without being top class, she's a nice filly and races well on the tiny tracks. To be honest, I was quite confident a long way from home."

Bullock is hoping to give the mare more opportunities to run outside of her home track.

"She's had 40 starts but more than 30 of them have been at Bathurst. She hasn't travelled away all that often, and when she has she's either drawn badly or something's gone wrong in the race for her," he said.

"I know even when Mat Rue drove her a while back he said to me that 'this filly's going to fly over the smaller tracks' and we couldn't get to those smaller tracks at the time."