Three Cheers for the Menangle Track Guys

[triplev123]

While I'm handing out the bouquets...what a GREAT job the Track guys did not only to keep the surface in one piece during the week but to have it ready for last night.
In the face of the rain we've had here in Sydney over the past week that was a nothing short of amazing effort. A+++.

[Greg Hando]

Was the track a little bit off or pretty well spot on

[triplev123]

I got there pretty early Greg, around 4:30pm, and would you believe they were actually watering it!
That's how well the track drains. Quite incredible.
I went down and had a good look at it about 5pm and I would say that it was maybe just a tally-ho paper off being perfect then. By Race 1 at 6pm and onwards from there it was as good as it could ever have been. The 1:54.4 for 2300m that Luke's horse tossed in earlier in the night was something to behold. With no further rain I think it will be lightening fast on Tuesday & then next Saturday night. The MM itself went a fair bit slower than I thought it would by virtue of there not really being a horse coming at the leaders after they reached the 1/4.
I think that Franco Jamar was going to be that horse...but a gate break stopped him from pressing the point. As such Lance was free to absolutely steal a 29 & a piece 2nd quarter and it was all over from there. Smoken up simply WILL NOT let another horse go by him. He just kept on finding more & more.

[Greg Hando]

Thank's Jamie lookout for the times next week then