IF Willie Mullins was a stock on the Euronext Dublin his investors would see a price spike each time he visits Flemington.

As per last year, True Self flew the flag on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival winning the A$200,000 Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes as well as collecting the $200,000 bonus for horses balloted out of the Melbourne Cup.

Ridden by Hugh Bowman, the northern hemisphere seven-year-old Oscar mare looked to have the task ahead of her when she was boxed in on the rail on straightening.

Finding a gap, True Self took charge surging away inside the final furlong to win the 2,600-metre contest by a length over Joseph O’Brien’s Sea The Moon gelding Pondus with the Bullet Train gelding Chapada in third.

“She’s a horse more known for her turn of foot than her stamina and Dave Casey gave me a good explanation of the way to ride her,” said Bowman. “I gave her a pretty similar ride to what Ryan (Moore) gave her last year and she’s delivered the goods once again.”

“Willie would be delighted. We were a little bit disappointed at Caulfield but were delighted to come back here and win,” said the Mullins team’s foreman David Casey in reference to the slow circuit at Caulfield.

“The draw on the day at Caulfield looked good but it was the ninth race on the day and it just got a bit chopped up on the inside. And I think that we didn’t have her fit enough as we could have.

“I think she came forward plenty for here and her work during the week was very positive.”