Just to show how much he didn't like it, Restrepo came out and broke 2 track records at his next 2 starts including the Central Victorian Championship final at Charlton. I flew from outback Western Australia to Perth, Perth to Melbourne, drove from Melbourne to Geelong and stayed at my brother's place. We drove up to Charlton on the Sunday for the race. They were warming up on the track when the water cart hit the fence and damaged it so there was a half hour or so delay. They finally went back out to start and when the tapes let go it was all over in a second when Ballochbuie galloped and in the process locked wheels with another horse and ruined it's chances too.
I might have to keep my distance in the future.
It's one photo I made sure I got a copy of.
Ended up being a dirty day for Greg Sugars too who was driving, he drove the winner of the next and lost that one to a protest.