PATRICK Payne, Stephen Pateman and Zed Em have completed the Great Eastern - Grand Annual double as the eight-year-old Zed gelding ran out a strong three-length winner across Warrnambool’s 33 fences and 5,500 metres in Thursday’s A$350,000 Grand Annual Steeplechase.

Add Zed Em’s Von Doussa Steeple win at Oakbank two weeks before the Great Eastern, and Zed Em has added $371,000 to his career earnings of $983,607 in less than a month. Thursday’s win reversed the result of 12 months earlier when he went down by a nose to Gold Medals, who had to settle for second this time round as Spying On You finished third just ahead of Tuesday’s Brierly Steeplechase winner Bit Of A Lad.