Immediately after the race assistant trainer Darren Beadman said, "Being on his home track he had a big advantage.

His trainer James Cummings described watching Bivouac win the Golden Rose as ‘poetry in motion’.

Starting from barrier 1, the horse drifted back through the field and was blocked for runs throughout the race, eventually finishing in 6th position.

"[9] Bivouac contested the Coolmore Stud Stakes a week later and was narrowly beaten into second place for jockey Hugh Bowman.

After running placings in The Shorts and The Everest, on both occasions beaten by Classique Legend, Bivouac started at odds of $3.20 in the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic.

Ridden by Glen Boss he won by over 3 lengths, beating the reigning Australian Horse of the Year, Nature Strip.

[11] Bivouac would not start for another 3 months when resuming on the 13 February 2021 in the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington over 1,000 metres.

Starting the $2.15 favourite he failed to threaten in the finish, eventually being beaten into 5th place by the winner Nature Strip.