Stewards described the interference just after the start as being in the "medium range" and outed him for five meetings.

"Bossy did a U-turn but failed to put his indicator on," said Brenton Avdulla, who rode Tagus.

Stewards claimed Boss was not clear of Hugh Bowman on Strat's Flyer, and Avdulla copped the backwash.

The multiple group 1 winner, who is now based in Melbourne, told stewards that he had given enough clearance and that the interference was not his fault.

In handing down the judgement, stewards noted that Boss had been suspended four times in the past 12 months in Melbourne.

"'Ill cop it sweet," Boss said.

He was rushing from Newcastle to Sydney to catch a plane to Melbourne last night.

"My boy Tayte broke his ankle in a skateboarding accident and I want to get home to see him," Boss said.

"I'm on a 10 o'clock flight out of Sydney and I suppose some of the boys in the Newmarket would be glad to see me go.

"But I honestly did not think I had knocked 'em down."

Boss is no stranger to success at Newcastle, having won every feature race there is at Broadmeadow.

He has won two Newcastle Cups, two Camerons, a Spring Stakes and now three Newmarkets. The essence of why Boss has won three Melbourne Cups and just about every major race in the country was there for all to see yesterday.

Boss had a plan to jump, cuddle Walking Or Dancing, and then set him alight from midfield as the race progressed in the straight.

But when the gates opened and Walking Or Dancing flew the lids like a greyhound, the plan changed real quick.

"I was in front and they let me crawl, so why would I give up the front," he said.

This is not the first time the "Boss Man" has taken matters into his own hands in a big race.

He led against instructions on So You Think for Bart Cummings in last year's group 1 Cox Plate.

He made the rest of the race history as he just kept going all the way down the Moonee Valley straight.

"Look, I am paid to make decisions and get the job done," he said.

"Race riding is not an exact science. Some days things go wrong and good jockeys make them then go right.

"I knew I had a good horse under me. Sure he is going to improve with that first-up run.

"But when a horse is classy he will tell you when he wants to run."