Trainer Cliff Brown gave due credit to owner Graeme Mackie after Gilt Complex stepped up to the plate to land the $80,000 Tuxedo Moon 2011, a Kranji Stakes C race over 1700m on Polytrack on Sunday.

It was the first time that the Gold Centre five-year-old was victorious over the alternative track, having raced over it only once for an unplaced run. Brown said it was the Kiwi owner who singled out that race for his five-time turf winner.

"This horse keeps taking the next step. He's a class horse and keeps coming along," said Brown.

"The only problem with him is trying to find a race for him. It was Graeme's decision to run him in this Polytrack race and he's chosen well."

Gilt Complex was at one time seen as a Singapore Gold Cup (2200m) contender last year, but unfortunately did not make the cut in the end. Such high regard for the gelding showed in the way he has since won three in a row, including Sunday's in which he dispatched his rivals with relative ease.

After a cosy run in fifth, saving ground on the rails, Gilt Complex ($18) looked to have every chance as the 12-horse field neared the home turn.

But instead of waiting for a rails gap to come up, Rodd opted for a wider course around three runners on the inside of Robin Hood (Olivier Placais) who swung the widest as they greeted the judge.

Gilt Complex quickly rose to collar the leaders but had company in Mighty Kenny (Nooresh Juglall) for the last two furlongs. The Ricardo Le Grange-trained last-start winner was the only one who could foil Gilt Complex's plans, but class prevailed in the end as Brown's horse kept digging deep to hold a three-quarter advantage at the wire.

Longshot Kate's Keeper (Vlad Duric) stuck on well for third another length away. The winning time was 1min 45.4secs for the 1700m on the Polytrack, a pretty smart time that showed they went at a good clip early.

But Rodd was not reading too much into the timing.

"They ran quick times on Friday night, so I wouldn't get too carried away with that," said the Australian jockey who was at a riding double after he combined with trainer Alwin Tan to score on Grey Falcon earlier.

"This horse has always had good natural ability and to win from 1400m to 1700m with only one trial under the belt showed how good his effort was. He has the capacity to do that.

"He had a soft run till the 600m when I decided to come out a little sharper. I normally hate doing that as I would rather let him go through his gears.

"But I didn't want to get stuck on the inside and made a decision to come out early. It's paid off in the end."

Gilt Complex has now recorded six wins and five placings from 18 starts for stakes earnings past the $310,000 mark for Mackie and his wife Trish Dunell.